The Way Things Ought To Be

They say the good lord giveth and the good lord taketh.
Well, if he is so good, why does he take back what he gives?

They say into each life, a little rain must fall.
But what about a downpour everyday you live?

This wouldn't seem like hell if it didn't look like heaven to everyone who knows both you and me.
But everyone is no one who can fill the gap between the way things are and the way things ought to be.

They say you need the bad times to appreciate the good.
Well, the time to appreciate is long overdue.

They say nothing worth doing in this life is ever easy
But should everything worth doing be done by me and you?

It wouldn't be so hard if only we could comprehend what makes us speak and act so inconsistently.
But that's why we can't throw the wrecking ball at the wall between the way things are and the way things ought to be.

They say that love requires patience, time, and perseverance
But who has time and patience persevering through this sadness?

And love requires understanding, hard work, and trust.
I trust and understand we'll never work hard past this madness!

I know what true love feels like, and I know true love's great sorrow, but I also know the feel of true love's glee.
And in the intervening space lies the difference between the way things are and the way things ought to be.


[Note: In the first verse, the words "lord" and "he" are not capitalized because in researching whether they should be, I found no definite answers, so I decided to publish those words in their purest forms and let the reader judge whether or not they should be capitalized.]