That Which Makes the World Move

People disappoint

Especially when one is predisposed

To believe in the best in everyone

People hurt each other

Betray each other

Cheat and lie

Love is what holds the world together

So they say

Maybe this is why we

Are circling the drain

Then again it is good to remember

It is the cheaters who expect to be cheated

Liars who expect to be lied to

Powermongers who see usurpers everywhere

So when, despite all this,

You still try to see the best in all of us

I know your heart is in the right place

And that you embody hope

Because when everything burns

It is your hope that makes the world move

Your strength

That will allow humanity to drag itself

Out of the ashes by the receding wisps of our hair

You are that hope

And what is hope

But love for the future?