Resisting reality

many times
 I've resisted the
 "what is'' of life.
 the reality of life
 Not accepting 
 things I observe
 The behaviors I see
 Youths wasting their strength 
 Dawdling the neighborhoods
 looking for excitement
 Seduced
 by scents of cheap cigarette
 Craving the next sip of illegal liquor
 Energized by the next beat from their portable speakers
 escaping the Boredom.
 In their own world
 Forming an identity to belong

 I observe
 People and their conduct 
 towards the environment
 They litter
 the neighborhoods
 the streets
 With rubbish
 They care less about cleanliness
 Hygiene, Nature
 I dislike it
 I resist the thought
 that things are not happening
 the way it should
 People not behaving the way they should
 I harbor 
 Feelings of Non-acceptance
 I do not accept this negativity
 I loathe at the lack of respect
 Respect for life, 
 Respect for one another
 why don't people be happy?
 why don't people care?
 why don't people love?

 But reality says
 That's life
 And that's how it is
 Should I find myself lost in these thoughts?
 these feelings?
 they are just that
 just thoughts and feelings
 Reality is 'what is' right now
 noticing, knowing
 being aware of life as it is
 right now
 It doesn't benefit anyone
 to fight my own thoughts
 my own emotions
 to resist reality
Therefore
 I choose love
 I choose life

 ~Don Fakarii 22/01/2019