The Wonderful Art of Procrastination

Procrastination is a fine art. All of us are experts in this form to some degree or the other. By and large, I consider myself to be an expert; but I dare say that there are people who may consider me to be a novice. If there are people out there who consider themselves past masters at this on-going art please share your thoughts by commenting on this blog, or make a committment that you maybe someday get around to it. You know what I mean, someday????


NOT TODAY

Some day,
I am going to shake the world:
some day, but not today.

Some day,
I am going to fix that roof.
I am going to get the nails and shingles;
work right through until it is over.
They will look at it, my neighbors.
It was easy, I will say, with a shrug of my shoulders.
You can do it too.
Pontificating is so much fun, isn't it?
Someday, but not today.

Someday,
I am going to preach the brotherhood of man.
from the minarets of every mosque,
from the pew of every church.
Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism,
and maybe, just maybe, even atheism,
I am going to trumpet it.
Sing high; sing low; but sing out, I will.
Someday, but not today.

Someday,
I am going to flood the world,
with earth-shattering ideas,
something - I know not what,
but I have them within me.
Let me out they cry;
powerful drill bits driving
through the protective layers of the subconscious.
Time and opportunity, yes, that is what I want.
Don't we all?
Some day, but not today.

Someday,
I am going to approach him,
the person I hate most in the world,
my enemy.
Across a crowded room,
I am going to stretch my hand to him.
Wrapping him in a warm embrace.
I will call him brother,
cauterizing centuries of ignorance,
with the cleansing power of love.
Someday, but not today.

Someday,
when I have more time:
no living to make, no bills to pay,
free from the mundane:
stop at the market to buy eggs,
appointments made, or promises broken.
That day I will leave my mark on the world:
find the answers to all the wars;
find the serum to that incurable disease.
NIRVANA!!
I am not making excuses, I swear I am not.
You watch and see -
Someday,
but not today.