In my mind...

In a perfect world things would be ideal. I know saying "a perfect world" sounds so much like an oxymoron, but in my mind I so fantasize about my world being perfect. I visualize being "in love" ! I am talking like Shakespearean, Titanic, Love Jones, Notebook type love. You know the love where you talk all day and even though you know you got to go, you just can't quite hang up the phone just yet. I visualize arguing so passionately, but quickly forgetting what it was about because it was so petty anyway. You see I would never argue about mundane things like cheating, quality time, and affection because I would be so much more mature for that. Yet I would argue about equality for all, but with each other it just would be about forgetting to call right back because of the distractions of the world. I would display love publicly not from a disrespectful space but from an "I didn't even know that anyone else even paid me any attention type space." I would love selflessly without no concern of score keeping, but rather from "If I have it then you have it." See I would have a platonic connection that would be so deep that once I finish my prayers they were already answered. In a perfect world, I would slow dance to "Natural Woman" by Aretha Franklin, drink wine to "Sexual Healing" by Marvin Gaye, take bubble bathes to "Saving all my love for you", by Whitney Houston, get dressed to "Time after Time" by Cyndi Lauper, make love to "Kiss from a rose" by Seal, cook to "How deep is your love" by the Bee Gees, clean the house to "You're the one that I want" by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. However, when I needed to beg I would play "Let's stay together" by Al Green, when I needed to cry "You are the sunshine of my life" by Stevie Wonder, when I needed encouragement "Ain't no mountain high enough" by Diana Ross, when I need affirmation "When a man loves a woman" by Percy Sledge, and when I needed confirmation "I will always love you" by Whitney Houston. In my perfect world I would remain in love for no other reason but its the best place to be on this side of Heaven.

If only things were perfect...

In a perfect world there would be no stereotypes. Jews would marry Christians, blacks would marry Italians, Chinese would marry Catholics, Buddhists would marry protestants, Jehovah witness would marry seven day adventist, Indians would marry Koreans, Atheist would marry Yogi's and the list would go on. No one would judge people based on how they were raised and everyone would be accepted. There would be only one God for everyone to serve. There would be no such thing as homosexuals, bisexuals, transexuals, or heterosexual but instead it would be just one orientation at that would be "a sexual". Everyone would love each other because that would be the only recourse to existing in this world. There would be no such thing as media only knowledge and education. Stress would be replaced with universal Spa Castles. Hatred would be replaced with love and demanded that everyone had to do one random act of kindness daily. Poverty would be replaced with an abundance of great paying jobs and free healthcare. Divorce/adultery, crime, orphans, guns, gas prices would be banned.

Just maybe....

I know you may read this from a space of disbelief, but I believe in a perfect world. Not as imperfect as "without flaws" but a more contented world without as many blemishes. I do realize that nothing can be absolutely perfect, but it can be more satisfied or cultivated to produce a better world. I think we as citizens have to become the change we want to see one person at a time. It may take another 30 years, but I believe our world could be a better place. See I visualize life more harmoniously lived among all people who desire to help everyone they can. I see people caring for no other reason but that its the right thing to do.

Final thought...

Each time I drive to a certain area of my city I see this same homeless lady, and I often wonder "what's her story". I have even attempted to ask her, but when I try to approach her she seems startled and confused. There have been times that I have given her food to eat only for her not to accept it, but as I trash it she quickly recovers it. When I see her I often want to get her cleaned up and fed. I desire to find her parents if she knows where they are or even cares. I want to help her, but then I realize that my world isn't so perfect and neither is hers. As I drive past her I notice that I am no longer in my "perfect world", and truthfully I may never be, but I wish for her some level of normalcy. James Dean once said, "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today." I hope that one day our world becomes a little more perfect for all the imperfect situations.