I need to rest

its' not as if I need to lie down

as if to sleep

but to set aside the crush of mush

that stirs outside

inside

in me

as the earthen globe turns

through the non-sense of deaths and doubts

as wars sprout about the universe

in hope

yes hope

for some peace some day

in some way

in some manner of trust

without fits and kicks

or abuse and lost

or distorted love for this or that

or various twists of monied strings

that bind us in knots of destruction 

on this dot of green and blue

(if we'd notice)

it is to laugh and cry

and await the day of our hearty good-bye

to escape yet welcome again

our life ever after

the Surprise that will move us to hum