From a Narrow Viewpoint

I dream of a better world for myself,
For my friends, for my family, for people I know
And those I don’t.

To be free from tension;
From looming deadlines
And increasing pressure,
From 8 p.m. meetings
And pizza desk dinners
From automobile smoke
And humming computers
That all seem to be saying

That 60 years have passed
But you don’t seem to know
That it’s too short a time,
To shake off the shackles.