Waiting for It to Happen

Playing a game to numb my mind

while it searches the world

for the next juice on which to run

then I open my favorite

internet jazz station

The flash is too bright for my ears

I close my eyes to be certain

every note is heard

when there is no doubt

I am in the presence of the great

Oscar Peterson and Count Basie

Lester Leaps In

You will always know what is great

when you hear it

when you see it

yes, you'll be swayed to other things

that will momentarily thrill you

I am

It's human nature to follow trends

but the time will come

when the trend won't be worthy

and nothing but the best will do

It will happen in just about everything

Art music dance poetry architecture clothes

everything

the hair will stand and skin with flash

Sometimes something is seen or heard

which create feelings

Electricity will shoot

through to the tips of fingers

the back of necks

down arms

there can even be a tightness in the gut

when its found

its found

and nothing else will satisfy

from then on

humanity will be honored

those poor aliens who visit

in their metal craft

simply won't understand

because they are afraid

to catch our diseases

oh, sure they may probe

but they can never find

what makes this change

happen

It happens

There can be one

standing beside

that experience inside

who is just as alien

as we're sailin'

to the feeling that's appealing

Damn those humans

Barry G. Wick 2015