The world

It all seems so easy
Love
Peace
Comfort

It all seems so simple
Hugs
Kisses
Smiles

It all looks ok
Ignore conflict
Smile at pain
Laugh at anger

It all looks black and white
Drown the world out
Make your own perfect world
With no reality

That's all fine
And fighting about that is pointless
But sometimes facing the truth is what will save you
Sometimes seeing things for what they really are is ok

The world isn't always black and white
Sometimes you can't just hug and kiss away reality
Sometimes you can't just ignore the conflict
And hope it goes away

The world doesn't work that way
It never did
Never will... 

Author's Note

Idk really where this came from, I guess I get tired of hearing that all we have to do is hug and it will all go away, if you hold a peace sign up everything wrong with the world vanishes. IT DOESN'T! sorry...ranting mode. Just let me know how you like the poem :-)

Reviews

[Undying Glory]

very well-said for a rant. i like how you've put things very bluntly here, and the force of these words are just tremendous.

"The world isn't always black and white
Sometimes you can't just hug and kiss away reality
Sometimes you can't just ignore the conflict
And hope it goes away

The world doesn't work that way
It never did
Never will... "
sobering words! yet i must add this quote:
"That there's some good left in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for." --T Sam from "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
nice work!

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

Life is painful at times, dark and lonely, but you must choose to look on the bright side instead of the dark! Great write

[G. K. Bostic]

You're right. It isn't black or white, but we can choose to focus on the gloom and doom or to focus on what is positive and good. I choose the latter. There will still be pain and disappointment, but as in the words of a favorite song, "Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me." (Sorry if that's too much of my own views) Seeing things for what they really are is certainly sound advice.

[Geralyn Miller]

You are correct. life is not siomple, it is convoluted, complex and downright messy.
Written well, excellent choice of words.

[HopelesslyDevoted]

sometimes fighting about reality doesn't do anymore than trying to make the best of it would. that can be seen clearly from the world around us.
this world is always going to have problems, doesn't mean we always have to focus on them and make ourselves miserable over them, i did that for too many years and i'm done with it. all the worrying and pesimistic attitude in the world isn't going to solve any of it. so why not be happy?

[Priyankaabhilaashi]

Fantastic..!!

[Coyote Poetry]

You are correct in your poem. Problems will come. But better to allow them to come and go away. All things are give and take. To hold a friendship or return love to a Grandparent is the gift we give back for being thankful for the kind people in a life. A excellent poem. You made me think.
Coyote

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liked the positivity..until the end!!! Life can be all that!!

[Cynthia]

I ADORES this poem! How much pain can be really fade away by a few hugs and kisses? No! We need to face what we face and try to solve it, and yes, not holding a peace sigh! Peace isnt made by a sigh, smile , hugs, or kisses, it need to be truly form! Yes, I am sort of very emotional with this peice, it gets my memories back of how I want to cover my pain and sadness! Nice written!