Written for the Bremer Forum to the title of “Hope”

What do you hope for today?

I hope it rains,

The heat is insane,

The car is running on fumes,

Are we there yet?

I hope they deliver ma pizza soon,

Am Hank Marvin……………

Hopes and dreams in many forms,

We need them,

We want them,

What’s yours?

Sometimes it doesn’t matter,

For others it does,

Far away and distant,

To the sun and back,

Do we care?

Can we help?

Peace in our time, really?

No pollution, sure

Water to drink, clean and clear,

Is it too much to ask?

Disease free,

A full belly, not skeletal,

A safe place to sleep,

To keep warm,

Feel welcome,

A place to call home,

Not to be alone,

The collective or the individual,

It can be one and the same,

Our hopes collide,

Only the gods can decide,

Nowhere to turn to,

Running in vain,

Living a dream,

To escape the reality,

And we’re back,

It didn’t rain, I need a shower

I have a full tank, where do you want to go?

That pizza was great thanks,

Happy and feeling like a beached whale, with not a care in the world…………………