I want to drown
In wine, beer, novels, gummies, FaceBook, texts, Google, YouTube, NetFlix, Prime
I want to be carried into a deep, deep
salty sea of sound, rhythm, in tune with oceanic harmonies
away from my wants
I want to end the war – in IsraelLit. ''the one who struggles with God.'' Israel means many things. It is first used with reference to Jacob, whose name is changed to Israel (Genesis 32:29), the one who struggles with God. Jacob's children, the Jewish people, become B'nai Israel, the children of Israel. The name also refers to the land of Israel and the State of Israel., Gaza, Ukraine
I want to end starvation in countries whose names I don’t know
I want to end racism, sexism, ageism, antisemitism, Islamophobia
I want to end poverty, disease, suffering
I want to end injustice of every kind for every one, every being
I want to end the climate crisis
I want to save the elephants, the bees, the birds, the forests, the ocean
I want clean water, air, soil
I want to save cultures, languages,
I want to save villages, parks, farms, river communities
I want to save freedom, education, the right to choose,
I want to save true democracy
I want to save journalists, writers, painters, sculptors, dancers, composers, musicians, chefs, wait staff, poets and dreamers
I want to save the whales, dolphins, whole species on the brink of extinction
I want to save the young from being dragged into war
I want to end war, finally
I want to end domestic abuse, child abuse, elder abuse, sexual abuse, verbal abuse
I want to end violence and oppression
I want to save abandoned babies, parents and grandparents
I want
I want
I want
I want to learn to swim in this sea of wants
to save myself
and you