You'll bare your bones you'll grow you'll pray you'll only know <br />When the light appears, boy, when the light appears <br />You'll sing & you'll love you'll praise blue heavens above <br />When the light appears, boy, when the light appears <br />You'll whimper & you'll cry you'll get yourself sick and sigh <br />You'll sleep & you'll dream you'll only know what you mean <br />When the light appears, boy, when the light appears <br />You'll come & you'll go, you'll wander to and fro <br />You'll go home in despair you'll wonder why'd you care <br />You'll stammer & you'll lie you'll ask everybody why <br />You'll cough and you'll pout you'll kick your toe with gout <br />You'll jump you'll shout you'll knock you're friends about <br />You'll bawl and you'll deny & announce your eyes are dry <br />You'll roll and you'll rock you'll show your big hard cock <br />You'll love and you'll grieve & one day you'll come believe <br />As you whistle & you smile the lord made you worthwhile <br />You'll preach and you'll glide on the pulpit in your pride <br />Sneak & slide across the stage like a river in high tide <br />You'll come fast or come on slow just the same you'll never know <br />When the light appears, boy, when the light appears<br /><br />Allen Ginsberg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-the-light-appears/