Optimistically Insane

I see trees of green

Clouds of white

And I think to myself

What a wonderful world

I see the good in you

I see the evil brought into you

And I think to myself

That it’s only temporary

I see your pain

I see you gain

And I think to myself

That it’s only temporary

If I could only walk into reality

I would slap myself with a piece of it

I could convince myself that you are who you are

And maybe then

The clouds wouldn't be so white

The grass wouldn't be so green

And maybe

It was never a temporary state

Just a permanent trait

That maybe the evil I saw in you

Also dwelled in me

Maybe the weakness I saw you

I hated in me

And the sincerity I thought lay deep within us

Was actually just temporary satisfaction

With no eternal factor

I still hope that one day

You and I will meet each other at the edge of our grass fields

And that on that day

You and I would realize

That your grass is just as green as mine

And that maybe if we would take the fences down

Or at least reconstruct them

That we could have an acre of prosperous land

Instead of hole with no end

The colors of the rainbow

So pretty in the sky

Made of people going by

I see old friends saying they've missed each other

I see old loves rekindling

I see the hope for tomorrow

Not dwindling in the disgust for today

I see it all

I’m optimistically insane

Believing that everything will work out for the greater good

And that there is good in everyone