I Am a Fearless Optimist

One of the first things taught

In your average common core

High school English class

Is the difference between

Static and dynamic characters

A dynamic character is

Someone who changes in some way

Throughout the story

And a static character

Stays the exact same

I have never understood this

Never in my life

Have I ever met someone

Who could confidently say

"I am the exact same person

I was a year ago"

I know some people

Who can't even say

That they're the same person

They were a month ago

Myself included

A tree does not bloom

In the same fashion

As the previous year

You will never step

In the same river twice

Technology will continue to advance

Dead matter will become one with the earth

Trends will go in and out of style

Politicians will acquire a new face to win

And human beings will change

It may be for the good or for the bad

But one way or another

It is going to happen

People are going to change

Until the end of time

I consider myself an optimist

I always am on the hunt

For that silver lining

I live in a world full of

Being unapologetically naive

I know that people make mistakes

We are not built by Skynet

We are capable of taking a failure

Figuring out what went wrong

And changing

Forgive me for believing

That this is true of a boy

Who picked me up from my lowest low

Brought me to my highest high

And lost his grip

I cannot allow myself

Of all people

The right to learn from my mistakes

If I can't be bothered

To allow others to do the same

They say that this love is blind

That looking past what will probably happen

In hope that something amazing might

Just makes me a love sick fool

Well I don't buy that

I will never apologize for being

Dangerously passionate about the what ifs

I will never apologize for

Dismissing the dark shadows of impending broken-heartedness

In hopes of the happiness that will come if I'm right

I am a fearless optimist

I know that life is a pessimist's world

Built by fear of rejection and heartache

Held together by fragile glass walls

Waiting to shatter at the first sign of strife

This is not what my world is like

My world is built by the miracles that happen

When you give a broken soul a chance

The grass is only greener on the other side

If you leap the river and water it

Even if you went through all the trouble

To cross the roaring river

Just to watch the grass turn brown

At least you cared enough to take the risk

And I'm sure the change of view is breathtaking

So go ahead

Tell me the grass is doomed

I will still land on two feet

A smile on my face

And a watering can in my hand

I am a fearless optimist

I am a believer in true love

In all of its cliché glory

I am a believer in happiness

I am a believer in change