I Want

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 to learn to swim in this sea of wants

to save myself

and you

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