We Like To View Reconciliation Poem by RIC BASTASA

great movies always have common themes
how the weak have become strong
or the poor
have risen above the levels of their poverty and
the defeat of exploitation
how mortal enemies after the years of war
have finally settled
for a reconciliation

the triumph of the good
above evil
how love conquers practically all
obstructions
how peace defeated war
how we have opted to hope rather than be lost in misery

in reality
there are more untruths

you tell me that these are possibilies
as i begin to be brave and silent
and then move away