A Harbinger Of The New

A Harbinger Of The New

            Or

     Just Another

  Failed Exercise

      In Utopian

      Dreaming

I  once lived in

A spiritual community

That changed its tone

Right underneath me.

And so I left.

But it was time to

Anyway.

       —

I didn’t go there

To be an employee

Of a business

Under contractual

           obligation

And guarantee.

        I went there

To be a member

Of a community.

              A very

          special

      community:

 one dedicated to

    the principle

            of

       Service - 

And more specifically,

’Service to Others’:

Serving the community

      because it was

Serving the planet

In helping to actually

Build The New

   - and running into

     the same old

                  stuff:

        money

 and its perennial

    perverting of 

       purpose.

              Yes,

          it was

        ever

      thus.

But I had hoped 

For more; a better

         outcome

       this time.

It may still happen.

   But not there.

       Rather,

  in the world

    at large.

And that is where

   it needs to

     anyway

     I realize -

     and like

      NOW

 with the end

   of the old

  staring us

  in the face - 

    in sight

    at long

      long

      last.

     Yes!

   Utopia

  this time

  because

  it’s Time.