Thank the Pessimists

Optimists continue on
and persist to say
that they exist
in bliss and happiness
and that they're
rarely down and you
should "turn that frown
upside down" all for
the sake of forgiving
mistakes made by others
one after another.
That they aren't sad
when they lose what
they had to people
who already have all
they could want or need.
That they don't feel
greed, envy, or desire.
They just admire and
love, as if they're above
the rest in wanting the
best, and that the world
is just fine as it is.
They say pessimists
are never content
and their time spent
is a waste to everyone,
but what they've done
is presented a theory
that perhaps things
could be a bit better.
They hope when you don't.
They change when you won't.
Never needing something
more will mean you will
not exist anymore.
If you're complacent
and refuse to adapt
to the world around you
then you will find
the world has left you
for something better
for everyone in the end,
for people that could bend,
for those who hate trend,
for ideas that will send
you on your merry way
to the depths of the pit
of your blinded happiness.
"The grass is always greener"
unless you're an optimist
content with eating dirt.
It’s not so much “necessity
is the mother of invention”
as it is discontent with
simply being without.
Thank the pessimists
of the past for your
full, wonderful life.