2011 Student Writing Awards Booklet - Santa Fe Community College

the Y2K catastrophe
and I am waiting
for a golden sunrise to bring
unmistakable light to a new day
and I am waiting
for our awesome humanity to awaken
to use our brilliance, compassion and
resources to better our world for
all who live here
and for a rebirth of wisdom.
And I too am waiting for Americans
to remove our 3D glasses
as we watch the spun stories
on the nightly news
and I am waiting for the boomers
who brought us peace and love in the sixties
to stoke their pot-bellied stoves
fueling fire once again
and I am waiting
for a resurgence of flower-power
to finally stall the engines of
runaway capitalism so that
no one is exploited by their charades
and wisdom can be restored.
And I too am waiting for the next full moon
to cast an unmistakable glow
upon our impressive youth
and I am waiting
for their counter-culture passion to
Twitter them awake to
see the shortcomings of dumbing-down
I am waiting
for their Facebook to spread the message
of social change, where we have
smart people
instead of
smart phones and smart cars
I am waiting
for our youth to stand beside one another
on terra firma
as they do in cyberspace
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