Langston Hughes — "I'm so tired of waiting, Aren't you, For the world to become a loving place?"
I'm so tired of waiting, Aren't you, For the world to become a loving place?
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From his poem 'Tired,' expressing a universal weariness with injustice and a longing for a more compassionate world, a deeply felt and relatable sentiment.
Date: 1942
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