The Answer

When Bob Dylan sang "the answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind"

He did not mean that it had blown away or become elusive

He meant it was really in the wind, and would land sometime

So we had to be fast and pick it up, or it would be gone again.

And when Perry Como sang "Catch a falling star, and put it in your pocket,"

He did not mean to pretend.  He meant grab a star

while it was streaming past, and hold it tight and push it far far far

down into the pocket in your jeans.  On rainy and windy days,

take it out again and the starlight will cheer you.  You've got to be fast. 

Falling stars exist and answers are flying around everywhere

I've seen some: Like, how do you stop a war?  Don't go.

How do you get rid of weapons?  Make them and then bury them

under the Algonquin pine of peace with the eagle on top.

Plant poles of positivity for doves of every color to sit and sleep.

Walk until you see the answers in the stars, and then you rest, too.

The stars are in your pockets and the answers are in the stars.

You have eyes to see, and see not.  
You have ears to hear, so listen.

This is not a hunger game. 

It is a wake up call. 

Written for NaPoWriMo on 22 April 2012 and then revised, I am posting it for "Open Link Night: Week 48 " at DVerse.  I would love your opinion of a new title--maybe "You've got to be fast" or "the answer"?  Thanks for visiting me!

Chosen for book 11/9/2013.