Fireworks light up your sky.
You shout and clap in delight.
Such a pleasure you cannot deny,
Yet to some it does bring fright.
They clap their hands upon their ears.
They balk at all the noise.
To some it’s joy, to others fear,
And total lack of poise.
Why this difference in how to see,
When both see the self-same thing?
For in your choices all are free.
A fresh interpretation can you bring.
Perception is reality.
This you have been told.
So how will you choose to see your world?
As worthless, or lined with gold?
It matters not what others think,
But how you would perceive.
The choice is always up to you,
In what you do believe.