I Had A Dream

One day a friend came up to me and asked where I’ve been.

I simply replied, “Dreaming.” She laughed and asked what I was dreaming about. So I told her…

“I had a dream that grown men acted like grown men.

I had a dream that I heard a rap song that wasn’t degrading of women and women would stop degrading themselves.

I had a dream that being a thug, gangsta, or pimp was just a thing of the pass.

I dreamed of a time when people stopped stepping on each other just to get ahead in life.

I had a dream that black people stopped calling each other niggas.

I had a dream when people did less talking and more walking.

I had a dream that my 10 year old African brother wasn’t kidnapped and forced to kill his own mother. That my 15 year old Middle Eastern sister could let the world see her beautiful face, and my plus sized sister realized how beautiful she was.

I had a dream that cows weren’t mad.

I had a dream that the man on the corner asked for my name, and not for my change.

I had a dream that I could walk down the streets of Beijing without a gas mask.

I had a dream that a person’s color or gender wasn’t an issue in running for president.

I had a dream that the government’s main objective wasn’t keeping its people in debt. I had a dream that the government took care of our problems before they decide to go save the world.

I had a dream when I went to the hospital the first question was “what is wrong?” and not “do you have insurance?”

I had a dream that the president cared less about his war and fame and cared more about my mom and her tumors.

I dreamed of a time people cared more about what’s in my head and less about the guy in my bed.

I had a dream that when I was younger we had enough food that my parents didn’t go days without eating. I had a dream that growing up I wasn’t laughed at because I got my clothes from the churches clothes drive. I dreamed that we played flashlight tag at home not because the power was out but because we want to.

I had a dream that my biggest mistakes weren’t putting trust in people.

I had a dream that when you said you loved me, it really meant something to you.

I had a dream that my dreams kissed your soul and sparked change in your life, but then again was just dreaming?”