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'Not That Simple' - A Poem About Looking At What's Underneath The Surface

A poem about the world not being simple.

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'Not That Simple' - A Poem About Looking At What's Underneath The Surface

The skies are blue,

the clouds are white,

the grass is green.

You think it is as simple as that,

but its not that simple.


That blue sky your looking at

is not JUST blue.

Planes.

They fly through that blue sky.

Not all of those skies make it out of that sky.

Not that simple.


Those white clouds you always see

are not JUST white clouds.

Storms

They form within clouds.

They can be small or cause world disasters.

Not that simple.


That green grass that you always step on

is not JUST green grass.

Animals.

They walk on, live on and die on grass.

Grass can cause life or hold death.

Not that simple.


Everything is not that simple.

You might see one thing

but there is always a bigger picture.

Don't concentrate on what is in front of you

but what is underneath what is on the surface.

It simply is not that simple.

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