We Cling to Realities
/We cling to realities
That never existed
And will never be
People without hate
Lands without injustice
A world without war
A moment without pain
Longing for times
That will not come
Love and peace and understanding
Which elude us
These are but shadows
Illusions
Aspirations without form or substance
Specters haunting us in the night
Fading mists in the cruel light of day
Yet we still pursue them
Thinking we see them in the corner of our eye
Ethereal presences
Skittering just outside our perception
Is such longing
Hope?
Faith?
Or delusion?
Regardless which
They hover ‘round us
Orbiting our consciousness
Ideals if not fact
And thus we crave them still
Clinging to realities
That never existed
And may never be
By Mike Turner
From: United States
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