writing Forgiveness (Love's Life's Because)

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This is a poem I wrote based on the moral from the film, Into the Wild.

 

Forgiveness (Love's Life's Because)

 

You turn on the news;
Rape, murder, and hate!
There soon comes a point
When there's no more you can take.

People are Hell,
Anyone here can tell.
They're mean and they're rude,
They fight and they yell.

Only power and money
Can cause them to care.
They're the reason, it seems,
That life isn't fair!

It's time to rebel!
Leave this place behind;
Be alone with naught but
My thoughts and my mind.

Into the Wild I go
To escape their great mess.
I'm crazy you say?
Well, here is the test.

I've lived here, alone,
Just living and wishing.
I'm at peace here,
Yet something is missing.

Happiness it seems,
Is only true when shared.
I need someone to love.
I need someone to care.

I tried to escape,
But I've met my demise,
Yet as I lie dying
The truth fills my eyes.

Society is flawed.
Yes, that may be true,
But for happiness, friends,
There's only one thing to do.

Forgive them, my friends.
Yes, accept all their flaws,
Because when you Forgive, you Love
And Love's life's because.

Edited December 6, 2012 by MelancholicMemory