The Age of Aquarius

It was the dawning of an Age of Aquarius

when we lay ourselves across the steps

of the Capitol building and sat

chained together by the ideals we held close,

a world without war and violence, but peace,

one people, harmony and understanding,

sympathy and trust abounding, even as we asked

the questions, how many roads must a man walk down?

Our hair and our clothes and our music set us apart,

us against them, tuning them out, this establishment

bent on violence and death and beating us back, beating

us down; and perhaps they did as we traded in our bell

bottoms and tie-dyed shirts and peace signs

for the uniforms of adulthood and took our places

in the workforce and family life, this new order,

though we lie dormant, even as we waited.

And the war ended and the soldiers came home,

re-assimilated – or not – watching through broken eyes,

like us, for the sun to rise and with it another day,

another age, another Aquarius dawning.

Now, are we again seeing the end of Pisces’

values and a new dawning turn to daylight?

Dormant no more, and remembering, we rise with this new day,

chained still together by the ideals of peace,

harmony and understanding, locked arm in arm,

new chains binding us, together made stronger,

lying again on the steps of the Capitol building,

as we did before, millions together rising up,

hell, no, we won’t go, won’t go away this time,

beat down no more, nor beat back;

for we can never forget, nor will we: No more

falsehoods or derision, golden living dreams

of visions, mystic crystal revelation

and the mind’s true liberation.

Equality, respect, an uplifting of spirit

and a unity of humaneness, a renewed consciousness

of rightness rising in a world gone mad,

a global cause begun again as it does each age,

each generation, growing stronger and stronger,

with the dawning of a new age of Aquarius rising,

waking in us, millions and millions united

for the cause of humanity, one people,

the moon again in the seventh house

and Jupiter aligned with Mars –

Peace will guide the planets,

and love will stir the stars.