- I am waiting to be (re)discovered
- and I am waiting
for the Enlightenment
to happen all over
- again
and I am waiting
for everyone to sit up straight
and pay attention
and listen to what I have to say
and have been saying
and get what I stand for
- before it's too late
-
- I am waiting
for the clouds to clear
and I am waiting
for people of faith
to get back
to their first principles
and I am waiting
- for all faiths
to just get along
and I am waiting
for everyone to really understand
the meaning of responsibility
but more importantly
- reprehensibility
when it comes out into the daylight
and I am waiting
for the brave in larger numbers
- to stand up
- and sing out their complaints
loudly
- before the destruction begins
- again
and I am waiting
for the good to stop dying
- so young
-
- I am waiting
for intelligence to prevail
- and I am waiting
for "plausible deniability" to be
- removed from the vernacular
and for "nuclear"
- of all things
to be pronounced correctly
- and I am waiting
for life and death issues
to be taken seriously
and I am waiting
for the end of nonchalance
and the end of the blasé rectitude
toward the suffering and death
- of others
halfway around the globe
- shown via satellite
and in color
- between commercials
- and public service announcements
-
- I am waiting
for the fun to begin
- again
- and I am waiting for hope
to be restored
and I am waiting
for hate to be rendered
- obsolete
and for love
to look upon tempests
and never be shaken
and I am waiting
for Joy to take over
and show us her wild ride
and I am waiting
for Athena and Aphrodite
to climb down from their pedestals
and get their act together
- again
and take it on the road
this time passing out free tickets
to everyone
and I am
like Ferlinghetti
waiting for everything
and everyone
to make sense
and for the rebirth of wonder
to finally begin
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