Fantasy

Is it so wrong?
To wish for a world
Of demons and seraphim
Of knights and maidens
Where evil is tangible
And hope is a spirit
With Heros present
To fight the darkness.

Or maybe a world
Wrecked by their own bombs
Brought asunder by technology
Far beyond their grasp
Where society is primal
And survival is individual
And humanity prevails
Amidst the settling ash.

Or even just a world
Where heroism is loved
And humanity is choice
And those tainted men
Who crush others like bugs
Are viewed as villians
And overcome by the good
Cheered on by the public.

But I live in a world
Where moral ambiguity reigns
And selfishness is triumph
Where greed is God
And the keenest angels
Exploit the kindest souls
And the strongest hearts
Are slain in shadow

Any world but this,
Any world but this.

(Original date 7/9/2010)