Perhaps The World Will Be A Better Place
From an incorrigible optimist to you
This is my very first submission to Hope * Healing * Humour. Greetings. I look forward to dropping by your page. I’m excited that my writings have found a new home. This poem was originally going to be titled Perhaps… Thanks to Liberty Forrest, Author’s recommendation of a headline analyzer site, the headline is what it is now. I’m this monkey, living in the concrete jungles of Hong Kong, with that same gaze — ever-hopeful of a better future… perhaps.
Perhaps if all broken people Had their arm in a cast People would stop by in kindness Held doors open as they passed
Perhaps if the wound of the heart Showed a visible cut or bruise People would judge others less Love in their hearts would find use
Perhaps if an adult didn’t look like adult Instead be looked upon as a 3-year-old child People would get less mad, Be less enraged, less barbaric and wild
Perhaps if people were told Their brain were an app That they could download And narrow the gap Between them and others People would be less broken The world would be a better place And kindness its precious token
Perhaps if life were a movie Directed by Nancy Meyers People would be lovable characters Their flaws each person admires
Perhaps if addictions produced electricity When touched, people zapped There would be less crazies in power Forever inflation could be capped
Perhaps if the overworked wasn’t a superhero And people valued meditation and sleep No one would wear the busyness-badge-of-honor And conversations wouldn’t be skin deep
Perhaps if motherhood came with a salary Double that of a fortune 500 CEO There won’t be a fight over gender equality A woman is valued where a man cannot go
Perhaps if the meaning of life And creativity were nurtured in school Man would be more at peace And people with opposing opinions still cool
I would love to give a shout out to Cosmin Firta who’s stories never fail to put a smile on my face. This story highlights a dying art — listening! Enjoy.
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