Cauterized

Someday…after deprivation, and destruction, and disaster
Has left humanity numbering in the few
We who shall survive, we who persevere
Will join hands and embrace hearts
To marvel at the beauty of a tree
To gaze up in awe at the celestial majesty of space
To count drops of dew on a lonely spider’s web
We’ll build castles of sand instead of skyscrapers
We’ll make love at the end of a rainbow
We’ll drink wine from hollowed out coconut shells
And then…when graying and crotchety old man winter
Blows his blustery and blue frosty breath
Raising goose flesh upon our brown and bronzed skins
We shall build a great fire
Dancing yellows and orange reflected in moist eyes
To warm our toes, uncurl our fingers and free our souls
Burning the accursed pages of the manuals of hate
The blueprints for history’s architects of intolerance
Then sit back and watch the smoldering, antiquated ghosts
Of the Bible, Of the Koran
Rise and make their final journey to metaphorical… heaven
Leaving smiles on our faces…with Jesus at our side
As we all contemplate…palms outstretched, eyes on tomorrow
How the hell we ever made it….To someday