A Positive Note

Where does inspiration come from when you're surrounded in sterile walls?
Must I leave my seat, get on my feet, and walk the spiral halls?

I can't read another depressing article about how or why we'll all be destroyed,
Or whether or not will wage another war, against the rich, another country or the employed.

Could it be we've focused on too much negativity, and no longer understand?
What it's like to be an American, a human, and to live on Earth's promise land?

Just once a day I would like to read, about a story that brings me to tears,
Based on kindness, love, or sharing, not anger, fighting, or my fears.

So to the papers I challenge you, start a column for those of us demanding positive news,
Let us shine the light of happiness, to eradicate our blues.

Bless us all and our talents, our giving nature, our helping ways,
That we might pass to the next generation, the beauty we have had through all our days.