Cruel Reality

CRUEL REALITY
THIS WORLD IS UNJUST
HATRED IN THE UNKOWN
RAVEGED FOR THEIR WRONGS
NO PUNISHMENT TO STRONG
DEATH SERVED BY A WILLING HAND
STRIKING AN INNOCENT MAN
A CHILD NOT UNDERSTOOD
I ONLY WISH I COULD
HOLD OUT MY HANDS
AND EMBRACE THE FAITH
OF MY FELLOW MAN
IGNORANCE SNUFFED OUT
SIGHT WITH A CLEAR MIND
THAT WOULD BE THE PERFECT KIND
A PLACE WERE LOVE OUT WEIGHS HATE
AND KNOWLEGDE IS EMBRASSED
UNDERSTANDING AND COMPASION
WIDESPREAD JOY
BUT ONLY FEW ARE ALLOWED
TO HAVE TRUE HAPPINESS
BECAUSE ONLY A MAN CAN LOVE A WOMAN
AND NOTHING ELSE WILL SUFFICE
OH THE IGNORANCE SPREAD FAR AND WIDE
IT MAKES ME WANT TO RUN AND HIDE
SOME WHERE DARK I WILL NOT BE SEEN
TO LIVE IN FEAR OF THIS CRUEL REALITY
WHERE I WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED
AND LOOKED DOWN ON AS AN ABOMINATION
ALL BECAUSE OF WHO I CHOOSE TO LOVE
-Talena Wingfield