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I wonder why I write so much about injustice. I wonder why I’m so passionate when it would be so much easier to be oblivious. It dawned on me. I long for a better world. I realize that, no matter what it is I long for, I can’t long a better world into existence. There’s only one real time that exists for everyone; that time is now. However, as, if I remember correctly, my birth certificate has no expiration date on it, I felt as if I should share my longings in a timely manner with as many people as would be so kind as to share them with me. For example, I long for a day when those who possess more than most of us could ever dream of will begin to share their riches with those who struggle and can only dream of possessing the basic necessities of life. I long for a day when people accept spirituality in one of two ways. I long for a day when those who don’t believe in spirits at all realize that this is the only life and the only world they will ever know and that they must use this life to make this world a much better place than they found it. I long for a day when people of faith, people who believe in a spiritual world, people who believe in a higher power, a Creator, cease to believe in the creator of the books, cease to believe in a vengeful creator, a jealous creator, a murderous creator, a creator who commands its very own creations to set upon one another in death and destruction, especially upon its own behalf. I long for a day when people who believe in a Creator believe in a Creator whose intent was for its creations to exist without war and destruction, from beginning to end. I long for a day when such beliefs birth tolerance; tolerance among those whose skin pigmentation produces hues of appearance which significantly differ from one person to another. tolerance among those whose language and culture of ethnicity differ dramatically. tolerance between genders so that each gender looks upon the opposite with total respect and equality. tolerance towards those who love, cherish and honor another human being to the point where the two human beings wish to spend their lives together and share those lives, no matter the race, ethnicity or gender of either of the two. I long for a day when all people everywhere realize that earth is finite.
Song sample for September, 2008 Let The Sun Shine Down from the cd Flameland. Michael Bonanno is a published poet, essayist and musician who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Some of his poetry can be found at The Poetry Corner at OpEdNews.He is an associate editor for OpEdNews. Bonanno is a political progressive, not a Democratic Party apologist. He believes it's government's job to help the needy and that leaving the people's well being to the so called "private sector" is social suicide.His CDs may be purchased at CD Baby.
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