"The Daisy Vents"

I have one Facebook friend who makes a conscientious effort to NOT read Facebook or watch the news first thing in the morning, because it depresses her. I see her point. Facebook is so full of vitriolic opinions, misinformation, and obscenity that it can be a downer. As for the news, the day’s events that get reported are usually not the happy ones.

The Daisy Vents

© 1998 Brian Hutzell

We read about the Daisy Vents

But we sing about love

Why read about the Daisy Vents

Just to sing about love?

It seems petty and trite

Making up a world where everything’s right

It seems false and unwise

Peddling a pack of happy lies

When we read about the Daisy Vents

How can we sing of love?

Take a closer look at the Daisy Vents

Where is there room for love?

Backed into every corner of the globe

Packed into every ordinary cold-hearted beast

There’s still a piece that feels the need

To perform a selfless deed

How can we find it?

How can we bring it out

When some choose to hide it,

Not knowing what love’s about?

So we read about the Daisy Vents

And we dream about love

And we think about the Daisy Vents

And we hope that love

Will make it all better in the end

When we gather with our friends

As we work to mend another day’s events

"All The News"

Brian Hutzell