James Moore Poet Narrative

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Sunny Bright Side of Life

Life is not perfect
It’s every ego’s cross to bear
It’s a big hill to climb and all that
But if you don’t do it,
Well, let’s just say the alternatives
Are worse.
So we soldier on
And take the bad with the good.
We shut up and put up,
And what do you know
Life often gets better
Or at least feels better
When you look on the sunny side.

But then there are those 
Who want to tear it all down.
They talk and write articles
Of how oppressed you are 
And how your life could 
And should be better.
And so discontent worms its way
Through your shiny sunny side armor
And the ego’s inherent victimhood 
Is given full reins 
And so off it goes.

It feels good to unleash frustration
Let out the hate
As if throwing out a bag of stinking garbage,
Or worse, if the skeleton’s in the closet
Haven’t yet decomposed.
And hate, despair and self pity
So easily grow like an avalanche
Because they are just the falling down
Against all the effort it takes
To hold it all together
Maintain and build,
And even you could say, love
In the face of adversity.

Life is not easy, and never has been
But it is adversity 
That makes it strong
Strong enough to resist the hate
Heal the victim, by simply giving it no air
And do the daily work
Of love, kindness, patience, and care
Care of self, but mostly of others,
Because we are in fact all just an other.

So even when it’s dark
And you’re feeling all alone
And that little whiny voice inside says
What about me, I need to get mine,
Remember, attitude is everything
And it’s not Pollyannaish
To keep on the sunny side
Always on the sunny side of life
Although life may well be a piece of sh*t
When you look at it
It’s always better to look out
Where you step
And where you’re going
Out and onto the bright side…
Always on the sunny bright side of Life.

(9/20/26)

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