New Frontier

Rebellious Spirits alight anew
The smoldering embers of our youth.
Now is the time to rally
Behind a glorious cause.

The righteous bones of our dearly departed
Lie bleached behind corporate walnut desks
And on the political battlefields
Where fat politicos rape their memory
And snatch the pennies from their eyes.

Sleep no more Pretentious Spirit
Your visionary light and creativity
Are needed to lead us from this blight.

Pale men in gray
Whose sickening voices malign our fervor
Offer us only the here and now or yesterday,
But we are not undone
By those who fear tomorrow.

The bomb or carcinoma.
Acid rain or Love Canal.
Genetic monsters devouring the ground.
A generation of terminal executives.

We must beyond this crock attain!
Our narcissism failed the primary,
But our second wind is due.

Oh Single Spirit
Your have not ever left our collective heart.
Help us take comfort from
The essence of God and Man.

If this fool earth should opt
To blow its brains out,
We will sooner transcend
These mortal bounds
And establish our New Frontier
Upon the other side.