how do we remain optimistic 

in the face of reality?

despite  all

our heart aches

and slowly forming 

negative burns

how do we stay optimistic

in the face of reality?

staring down the barrel

of impending death and

sickness and failure

and cold winter winds

and humiliation

and bad art and 

bad life choices

we stay optimistic

because no matter 

how hard we try

to make ourselves

miserable we're all so

full of the desire to love

that we can over come reality

and tell our negative thoughts to fuck off

[EDIT:

turns out that 

in actual fact

your brain is

way more into

thinking positively 

about the future!

because the

part of your

brain that thinks

negatively about 

the future is way

less active than

the part of your

brain that thinks

positively.

so even our

brains are like:

don't worry be happy!]