Thursday 28 May 2020

SOMETHING FROM MY DREAM BY FATAI ISMAIL OMOBOLAJI



If I am to tell you about it 
What would I say?
How would I even start?

long time ago men used to sleep in peace
And snore till the sounds of cock 
Men don’t worry about the future
It’s the future who worried about them
I'm talking about men of dark ages 
When the mind was black as black 
And what they know is love, peace, and survival through the days
These men don’t chase dreams 
They chase work with hard labor 
They work with heart, soul, and strength 
They hunt and enjoy what their stick-like knife brought them
They defended themselves not with guns, bombs, and grenades
They eat shrubs and onions and garlic from the earth 
They drink the river water and bathe in it
Their women flock the street with profound beauty 
As their breast danced in front of them
This men and women don’t chase dreams

1000years later, there is science, philosophy, 
Laws, principles, and theories 
Men started seeing each other differently 
They divided themselves in black and white
In nations and boundaries 
These men saw dreams 
And ambition comes with it 
I have dreams too 
Something from my dream is tranquility 
Something the eyes of Mohandas Gandhi saw
As he leads India to independence
Something in the heart of Martin Luther King Jr. 
When his voice echoed throughout the state of Washington 
Even the heaven and the earth heard the man with a dream
As he delivered his powerful speech 
Something Nelson Mandela fought for in South Africa 
Something Malala Yousafzai stood for in middle east 
As she campaign throughout Pakistan

Something from my dreams is hope 
Hope in equality
Hope in humanity
Hope in peace and unity 
Hope in love and justice 
Hope in what we could achieve together

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