A Story

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If I were to tell you a story
About the future,
Would you grasp every word with wonder,
Or listen and sigh with defeat?
Would your eyes glitter with opportunities,
Or become dull to accept our inevitable fate?
Would your lips crack open a smile,
Or would tears slowly
Run down your cheeks,
Then wipe them with a back of an hand?
In this very moment,
The news will be broad casting
Death, war, terrorism, natural disasters, global warming, and diseases- not to mention other catastrophes-
And I look around,
Sighing
Because our whole world
Has given up.
If I were to tell you a story
About the future,
Would you still believe
In a happy ending?

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