Pessimist Vs Optimist Poem by Nazmul Haque

The pessimist goes on looking at
the darker side of things-
goes on denying the whiter side,
he accepts only half of the truth.

The optimist goes on denying
the darker side of things-
accepts only the whiter side,
he is also half true.

Neither of them accepts
the whole truth-
because the whole truth is both
summer and winter,
God and devil,
darkness and light,
good and evil,
life and death-
The whole truth is both.

The pessimist and the optimist,
Both are doing the same exercise-
they are denying the half
and accepting the other half.

If the pessimist is wrong,
the optimist is wrong also.
None is ready to accept
the truth as it is.

Don't choose to be,
Let truth be as it is;
Don't try to paint it
in your own mood.
Try to see truth in its own colour.
Don't bring your mood in,
don't look through hope,
neither look through frustration.
Don't be positive
and don't be negative-
just be neutral like the colour of water.