Waiting

our innovative decisions

and heavy, blinding visions 

bring to their knees

the seen and unseen 

lives of green 

the flowing streams

and breathable ether

leaving a froggy and

all fresh nature

hesitating …

waiting …

to be kissed

to be loved

Kiss the Frog

in a tale of happy ever after yore

a frog waits to be kissed

by a princess who is 

repulsed-recoils-retreats

blind to his disguise

blind to his charming inner prince

her would be partner 

today’s billions 

of royal humans are asked by frogs

to lose self-absorption 

and the quest for more than enough

to again grasp the frog’s disguise

to be kindhearted

to tenderly kiss them

to willingly marry them 

and live in mutual partnership

frogs are speaking 

metaphorically

for all living beings