“Discontent is the first step in the progress
of a man or a nation.” ― Oscar Wilde.
The disenchanted, I dare say,
have
issues which they will inveigh;
they
won’t be happy, nor they should,
until there is more greater
good.
The satisfied, on the obverse,
don’t care for people who
asperse;
they think when their glass is
half full,
there’s no cause to be
radical.
The pessimists, most hist’ry’s
shown,
complain until the seeds are
sown;
the seeds of progress for us
all,
and not just swells at the
masked ball.
The optimists say everything’s
okay, for those who pull the
strings;
preventing the world’s
improvement,
they’re why we need more
discontent.
© 2024 C. Kurtz.