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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