Hope not Lost

Every corner I turn 
 Seems to offer so much hate In this world 
 Why can’t we just stop to appreciate
 The good things that We seem to pass on by The subtle smiles 
 The memories that seem to tie
 Us to love Is it really to much to ask
 For everyone to cooperate
 Without putting up a mask. 

 I wish it was so simple
 Where no one could be sad
 Where people helped each other And no one could get mad
at the small things
 And really everything is small Where people stay up all night Waiting on a call
 that could change the world Yet the truth speaks 
 We can all influence one another By a simple meet and greet. 

 So when you get a chance today Or even on tomorrow Look around the world and smile Please forget all of the sorrow. 
 This place where we live 
 May seem small at times But dreams are big so
 Go for them, it is not a crime. 
 Even if we can not coexist The new ideas of the younger
 May bring us closer to a peace That used to seem so far under
 the depths of retrieval. 
 But I tell you there is hope.
 Do not give up on this generation quite yet
 There really is no need to mope. 

 We will change things. 
 For the better.