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 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
