Perfect World

The world is not perfect,
that isn't new,
but I have this idea, this fantasy,
of a world that I've created that is perfect.

In my perfect world,
everyone would express themselves however they are.
If you're an artist, paint on every wall of the world.
If you're a dancer, leap down every alley.
If you're a poet, write your stanzas in the dusty window panes.
If you're a musician, sing on every street corner.
If you're a writer, draft your chapters in the sand of every beach.
If you're a model, catwalk down every sidewalk.
If you're an actor, the world is your stage.

In my perfect world
no one would be ashamed of who they are because
everyone with depression, deserves someones smile.
Everyone who is suicidal, deserves to be in someone else's life.
Everyone with anxiety, deserves someone's calming voice.
Everyone with an eating disorder, deserves to taste someones kindness.
Everyone who is bipolar, deserves someone's patience.
Everyone with scars, deserves to feel someones tender touch.
Everyone that is schizophrenic, deserves someone that is real.
Every homosexual, deserves someone's love and affection.

In my perfect world
anyone who looks in a mirror, regardless of the reflection
will say "I'm beautiful" and believe it.
Anyone who steps on a scale will look down and see the letters
Y-O-U
because you are not to be judged by the effect that gravity has on you
but rather by the effect that you have on others.

In my perfect world
the only tears, would be of joy
the only screams, would be of surprise
and the only- the only cut, would be on the ties to the past
because the past would not hold us
and the future would not scare us
and the present would last a millennium
because that is all that matters.

In my perfect world
no on would feel abandoned,
no one would feel hopeless,
and not one single person would ever feel worthless
because you are worth every breath you take,
and every breath you take away.
Every smile you form,
and every smile you cause.
You are worth it.
You are not alone.

And if you are lost
and helpless
you are invited to this world.
Where the broken fix each other
and the misfits find their place
because that is my perfect world.
And you deserve to be there.