A Perfect World

Location

 

A perfect world is a place where we can share our stories

Share our voices

Share our deepest, darkest secrets

A feeling of absolute democracy

Where we can explore our minds

Where we can contribute to life

 

 

A perfect world is a place where whispers are not heard

Commercials are not fast-forwarded

Songs are not skipped

Love is not betrayed

Minds are not closed

 

A perfect world is a place

Where we don’t hide behind masks

Hide behind tarnished rags

Hide behind insecure imperfections

Hide behind unmoral thoughts

Hide behind banished religion

Hide behind misguided truth

Hide behind ignorant self

 

Where we can read what we have not yet read

Think what we have not yet thought

Express what we feel and not face

Barriers.

To never be punished for the undone

Return

From a war of terror

Live a life that is not

exiled

 

A perfect world is a place where we see no depression

See no famine in Kenya

See no illiterate children in India

See no black and white in America

See no guns and weapons in Iraq

See no blackened women in Afghanistan

See no armed children in Uganda

See no rape in Cambodia

See no motherless infants in China

See no homeless souls in New York City

 

No impure adolescence

No obese mothers and fathers

No criminal 15 year olds

No high school dropouts

                                                     No fists filled with pills

 

Why cant we envision a world where we

See no dollar signs in our eyes?

See no corrupt visions in our head?

See no tears bulging from within our stare?

See no war within our minds.

 

Will we see the day when people will recognize the difference between

Money and love

Torture and humanity

Greed and morality

 

A perfect world is a place

Where we shall grow

Seek

Help

Learn

Where we shall never fear

The loss

Never weep

Never think I

Never fear the outcome

The rejection

Never feel struggle

The promise

The ache

The life that might have been worth living

 

A

Perfect

World

 is a debt free mind

filled

with a spark

waiting to be ignited. 

Guide that inspired this poem: 

Comments

Additional Resources

Get AI Feedback on your poem

Interested in feedback on your poem? Try our AI Feedback tool.
 

 

If You Need Support

If you ever need help or support, we trust CrisisTextline.org for people dealing with depression. Text HOME to 741741