Wandering

One day I wandered
I wandered far away
To a different world
A distant land
Where strange laws held sway

All was happiness and joy
Not a sorrowful one to be seen
I looked around and smiled
At the wondrous scene
The world painted with a marvelous sheen

Sorrow? Lonliness? Anger?
All words for a place long lost
A new, different land was this
No war, no hunger
Nothing like the world of the past

I stared at this wonderful picture
Something dreadfully wrong
What it was I wondered
This had to be perfection
And then it hit me, real strong

I ran back to our world
An imperfect place
Once again I am lonely
Bored and quite sad
But I've never been so alive

    -- Bem Ajani Jones-Bey     6.28.99