Poem For The Way Things Ought To Be
By: Jehangir Saleh
Written: September 12, 2005

Free
And then some
In a single moment we can only capture
This idea
Which is that things should be different
But, sadly
We cannot hold on to this for more than one fleeting moment
Reverting to other activities
Such as trying to beat down one another
Working a part
Instead of together

I imagine that some drug addict somewhere
Is imagining that someone, somewhere like him
is imaging that he too
believes

for all those who will never read this
I’m sorry to say
You haven’t really missed out

For those who do
And continue to strive for perfection
Let’s just accept what we have
And once we can really see each other
Lift ourselves out of these self inflicted diseases
Turning around
And wondering what was it yesterday that was true?

That last stanza won’t make sense to anyone
Who tries to understand it rationally

For everyone else
I’ve just found the answer
To the question they have been looking for
Now
And until the rest of their lives