Poem written March 9, 2026. With apologies to Chumbawamba.
I don’t want to write about war anymore, I don’t want to write about suffering and pain, I don’t want to write another stirring speech, I just want to write about love I don’t want to teach yet another hard teaching, I don’t want to find myself so very lost, I don’t want to teach people how to fight, I just want to teach about love I don’t want to preach about ropes and sticks, I don’t want to have to live always in fear, I don’t want to preach about the Long Night, I just want to preach about love I don’t want to have to cry anymore, I don’t want any new ghosts in my head, I don’t want to lose my light to this world, I just want to write about love I just want to write about love I just want to write about love
Art: Sir Edward Burne-Jones, “The Love Song”, (1868-1877)