If humanity survives
another hundred years
here is to hoping
that they look back at us
in complete and utter disgust…
and here is to hoping
that America is not still in Afghanistan
and that Gaza is not still under siege
and here is to hoping
that cops are not still murdering black people with impunity
and here is to hoping
that, in another hundred years
there will be something resembling unity
and here is to hoping
that fossil fuels are forever
left buried in the ground
and that there will be no more war
and no more refugees drowned at sea
and here is to hoping
that, in another hundred years
humanity will be free
from greed,
from hate
and from fear
and here is to hoping
that the truth will have prevailed
and our souls won’t be for sale
and humanity will have evolved
passed using jail as a remedy
for poverty
and here is to hoping
that there will be no more poverty…
that no human being on earth
will be a commodity
and here is to hoping
that, in another hundred years
people won’t have to be coping
sticking needles in their arm
and crying in their beer
there will be no more self harm
and they’ll all be thinking clear
and here is to hoping
that they will see the error of our ways
and realize that only aloha pays
and here is to hoping
that, in another hundred years
they’ve harnessed all of the sun’s rays
and that they look back and say
capitalism was just a phase
and here is to hoping
that they’re looking deep inside
but they also pride themselves
in gazing out at the stars
and here is to hoping
that they’ve evolved past sitting at bars
and they’re dancing around camp fires once again
and here is to hoping
that women are equal to men
in the eyes of the people
and the state
and here is to hoping
that what we see today
is not our fate
and here is to hoping
that, in another hundred years
love has conquered hate
and there are no more gates
and walls
and locks
and here is to hoping
that, in another hundred years
humanity will be able to think
_______________________________ outside the box
and here is to hoping…
