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Good Things Take Time

Fine Wine

Anxiously I’ve been waiting – for what I don’t know.
Perhaps it’s just the feeling that I belong here
On this earth among others who think normally.
Am I happy with my brand of insanity?
I would be if I weren’t such a pain in the ear.
All the damage I’m doing may help me to grow.

I must learn to be patient. Good Things Take Time to
Reach perfection. I must trust that everything comes
In the right time and way. Although patience is tough
I must care about myself and others enough
That I generate love in significant sums
And for me that can’t be such a hard thing to do.

In this big bustling world people rushing around
Ticking things off their never-ending to do lists
Are obsessed with their hurry-up-and-wait moments.
I’m grateful whenever I can make enough sense
That it helps someone. I’m part of all that exists.
I rejoice in my ability to astound.

And sometimes the best things – the truly amazing
Things in life I’m not ready for or the reverse
May be so. I do not have to watch the paint dry.
I can just focus elsewhere and as time goes by
I can pray that my illness does not become worse.
What I say I hope can be consciousness raising.

What Does It Say About Us?

Young Victim

There are one hundred thousand homeless children in
The United States. Children in this country go
Everyday to schools that don’t have enough supplies
To teach them to read, and it comes as no surprise
That if children don’t read by eight then they won’t grow
Properly. At the game of life they will not win.

Chances of high school graduation are decreased
As the chances of incarceration increase.
What Does This Say About Us? We seem more concerned
With our own childhood traumas. Our children are spurned
By this selfish behavior. How can we find peace
In our hearts? We don’t care about them in the least.

Millions of American children go to school
Everyday asking teachers, “Do you have any
Food for me?”
We have children on suicide watch

In our schools. It appears that we’ve dropped down a notch
…Or a billion. Wake up to the reality
Of what’s happening to children that isn’t cool.

Traumatized before preschool, some children live in
What’s called ‘domestic war zones’ where PTSD
Is a serious issue because violence
They experienced. They had no means of defense.
What does it take to get many people to see
What work needs to be done and just how to begin?