What does it take

to turn on a light bulb?

A mechanism like

a switch against a wall.

What kindles the spirit

that starts manifesting?

Expectation of something

deemed worthy, that’s all.

What makes a pregnant

mother delighted?

Signs that she would

in good time deliver;

Or a medical scientist

close to curing

a malady that should

be banished forever.

What does a messianic

ideology do

for those assured of his

coming some time?

It directs the spirit

of prophecy to

enable and keep

expectation sublime.

A poet, a painter,

a music composer;

a preacher, a teacher,

a trader and more,

must anchor their efforts

to what they expect

by which all things

considered grow.

Consider what life

would have been without

expectation in every

good field of endeavor.

The will to survive

would have disintegrated

and civilization

vanished forever.