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Reality

by legitglitt

Homelessness, anarchy, terrorism This is reality. Wars, drugs, abortions This is reality. Global warming, corruption, debt This is reality. AIDS, alcohol, smoking This is reality. Abuse, neglect, deforestation This is reality. Pollution, nuclear warfare, racism This is reality. Sexism, homophobia, religious intolerance This is reality. Gangs, prisons, prostitution This is reality. Slavery, divorce, pride This is reality. Now it is up to the dreamers For it is only when you let go of reality That the world can become Anything.
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Comments (8)

OnTheRebound
<p>Humanity is corrupt. We are imperfect and lean towards evil tendencies. God says whatever man dreams he will achieve, but maybe what we dream is wrong, and maybe the methods we take to get there are wrong too. Understanding reality is a necessity for reaching dreams. That&#39;s why the Communist theory is a complete flop. There are corrupt human hearts; therefore, we have to account for that to make change in society. Americans don&#39;t need to dream, we just need a new view and a new hope in Jesus.</p>
Jan Wienen
<p>Reality plus illusion breeds opportunity</p>
Dominoes
<p>Dreamers are the ones to change the world. All of us, poets, authors, photographers, painters, EVERYONE needs to let go of this cruel reality and DREAM BIG!!!!!!!! We make our own reality!</p>
Emperor_JacksonIV
Nice . I see im not the only one sleep
aidancullen456
<p>HELL&gt; YES.</p>
jesse.marshall.1690
<p>Now I write too, and this is true, but it's just negative aspects being stated, and frankly they are like common knowledge.</p>
thisispoetryproject
You've taken the idea of "whatever we can believe and conceive, we can achieve" to an extreme and I love it. Being a visionary definitely requires courage and leadership qualities. Thank you for spreading this message! :)
lizardoa21
<p>Your right and as a poet you are a visionary, a prophet, keep writing and show people just what can happen when you let go of this norm and change the world. i wish you luck unless i beat you to it ;3</p>

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