We Long For Fairytales In A World Full Of Nightmares. Poem by Sandra Kavanagh Josefsson

We long for fairytales,
in a world full of nightmares.
We long for closeness,
in a world full of exclusion.
And those who maintain they are
for everyone,
are playing the dividing game
by pointing the finger.

We long for openness
and yet we think our opinion
is the only right one.
We long for empathy
and yet we only have it for
our chosen few.
And the longing for fairytales
lingers.

We long for a clean and fresh society,
but dont mind throwing that scrap of paper on the ground.
We go to a climate change festival,
but the countryside is not left as it was found.

We long for a neighbourhood like
it used to be.
But keep ourselves locked behind closed doors.
We do not even try anymore,
our fears cut to our core.

We long for fairytales in a world full of nightmares.
We long for love when we are stuck in the past.
We long for joy when we can only concentrate on what we do not have.
We long for peace yet we do not give it to ourselves.
We long for fairytales but they never last!

Verse: Sandra Kavanagh (c) .20221022