Thursday, January 21, 2010

I Thought It Was a Dream But When I Woke, I Couldn’t Walk

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream - it was that this dream did not have to be dreamed again and again, and again.

I Thought It Was a Dream But When I Woke, I Couldn’t Walk

I asked my mom is it possible
That my legs and my hands
will grow again?
No one
No one
No one answered me.
Everyone, including the doctor, was silent.
All were looking down
As if they were stealing from me,
As if they were criminals
guilty of doing something bad to me.

I looked the watch on my wrist, played with a ball.
My shoes touched the ball.

Suddenly the blast took all my happiness
And its grimy smoke brought
darkness into my life.

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