I Also Have Dreams

(NOTE: Observing today, Wednesday, 28 August 2013, the 50th anniversary of the protest March in Washington, DC, highlighting civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s iconic and historic "I Have a Dream" speech, I conceived this piece this morning while having brunch and at the same time listening to NPR (National Public Radio) @Tintin's apartment in D-ville, VA.)

I Also Have Dreams

I have had many good dreams

And one of them I've realized it---

With hard work and generous help from others,

With guts, diligence, persistence and perseverance---

I've acquired a good education that liberated me,

Education that freed me from illiteracy and mediocrity.

Refreshing our amazing memory---

I belonged then to a big family

Where none, that time, had a college degree

Except me who trailed the blaze and glory,

Determined to make it in the City

Where there are ongoing wars, here and there,

Wars of words, weapons, rights, ideologies...

I worked that dream to reality

Because I've known life to be that not easy

I went from school to school that had molded and shaped me,

Equipped and provided me with knowledge and skills aplenty.

I have had other dreams, you know

One of them is the American Dream

In due time, it's becoming a reality

As long as I am alive and well, and faith-full, and free.

Copyright 2013 by Chris A. Quilpa