I dream to wake up

I dream to wake up and one day find
That perhaps it was all just in my mind.
I dare to hope that this life's a dream,
Or rather a nightmare, where I want to scream,
But each new day I open my eyes,
I realize my dreams are lies.

Each time I awake to this reality,
I shut my eyes tight, I refuse to see
All the ugliness around me,
All the poverty and people going hungry.
And all the sadness and misery
in this poor third world country.

Everyday life is a burdensome chore,
Everything around me is an eyesore,
I cannot bear it any more,
How my country is steeped in war.

Everyday's news seems to be the same edition:
Horrific stories of kinappings and child abduction,
Up-to-date stories of the latest mass destruction,
And of corrupt politicians winning the election.

Why can't these people see
That war comes with a tremendous fee,
And that it's paid by innocent people like me?
And so I dream to wake up and one day find,
That these people are no longer blind,
And that sense comes to their mind,
To fight no more;
To end the war.