I wish…: A poem 

I wish that humanity is riparian on banks 

of goodness; that conscience closes our ranks 

We are wise as clocks that strike twelve 

Innocent as an infant’s years that never melt 

Truth be our health, justice be our wealth 

To let no Rubicon for men with evil and stealth 

Romanticism may not only be the lyric of self 

But a large nourishing forest of kelp 

There is no measure for a life that’s short 

that has fulfilled its purpose for what it’s worth 

A heart that always wears a rainbow shirt 

is the couturier of its neighbour’s skirt