I took a fancy to the organization after it was mentioned at a meeting I attended some time ago. All thanks to Michelle.
Well here is my unedited musing.
Writing to a prompt:
A poem by Langston Hughes - A dream deferred.
What happens to a dream deferred?
Nothing happens I think
Maybe regret happens, regret for not having pursued this dream.
But, but I say, sometimes a dream deferred is actually necessary to make and maybe reignite another dream.
Maybe the right word is uncover, uncover another dream.
I see a dream deferred in many ways, for I have many deferred dreams.
They did not fester, they did not rot. I'd say I awoke to bigger dreams.
An optimist at heart, these are the words of an optimist. Someone who wants to see the bright side in everything and everyone. Someone who deliberately flips the script to see the good side.
I wouldn't be where I am today if I could not see my dreams deferred as a route to a bigger or newer dream.
So to you, Hughes: it may dry up, that dream deferred may dry up, but there is a re-incarnation of another dream.
Dreams never fester, if anything they ferment and maybe become better versions of the original.
Times up!
Next
Prompt:
Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood
In today's world these words conjure up mixed feelings.
Freedom - We must live in the now, we must live in our century. Are we free?
What is freedom?
We are free, yes we are.
Free but constrained by laws, constrained by societal norms. We are free to go wherever we please, work wherever we please and free to say whatever we please.
Equality might want to say that we all are free like the above. We all have the same opportunities and the same shot at mobility.
Brotherhood speaks to kin. Perhaps brotherhood narrows to family, maybe brotherhood to race.
What group makes up a brotherhood? How deep must the connections be to be considered a brotherhood.
Siting these words from the position of a warrior....I want to forget the past.
Times up!
