We, The Dreamers

1.

So this speech is dedicated to

children

in adult bodies, like me;

those who are not afraid of nightmares

So we dare to shut our eyes to things seen;

Those of us who hear voices

crying out in the wilderness of our thoughts;

And from the chaos of our meditations, we seek

a new order for the world.

So we take the plunge from the edge of reality, exploring;

and laying claims on forms beyond present space and time;

We

emasculate ourselves from the obvious that we may penetrate the unseen;

We

send in resignation letters to the present that we may become shareholders of the future;

We

who are not afraid of nightmares

So we dare to shut our eyes to things seen

We, the dreamers.

2.

Those of us whom the world calls crazy

because they are offended by the audacity of our ideas;

We are those who jilt society, eloping on a journey of monologues,

Then resurface as prodigals, defying the hallowed gods

of the status quo; shattering

stone tablets of convention wherever we go

Yes, we are the ones!

Misunderstood and resisted

by a system that sees us as insurgents,

Insulted and threatened by our rebellion to conformity

They say we seek to turn the world upside down,

so we experience the uproar of the wrath of gravity;

And then, we're criminalized and ostracized for our convictions;

The worldview challenges our visions-

Calling us deluded, brainwashed, fanatical, mad men -

by conspiracies through the megaphones of propaganda; daily

we fight, against challenges vying for our resources and reputation

but we press on,

knowing

that all these opposition didn't come for our oppression

they came for our convictions!

3.

Because our convictions are the detonators

for a big bang

of a brave new world:

A world where all of humanity is free

Free to think, free to speak and free to be;

A world where peace is a constant symphony

and insecurity, an echo that no longer rings.

A world of beauty without the burden of the Beast;

A world where education gives birth-

to non-conformists,

Where learned men solve real problems;

Where war does not wear religion, and love unveils oneness;

A world where every soul is on an inspired journey,

arriving the destination as citizens of imagi-Nation, enjoying

the fundamental rights of divinity;

A world

where man is not limited by false perceptions of self,

A world where Satan isn't god!

Terrorists- we are dubbed,

for our convictions:

- are the detonators for a big bang ushering

such a brave new world!

4.

And so the principles of this world stand poised to pull strings,

machinating against our dreams,

For our dreams are humanity's elevators

into attitudes that reach for altitudes of greatness;

So when the war of ideologies from our world

lays siege against the freedom of our imagination

and puts a dent on the armor of our reputation

and tags us

as an amalgam of raw straw

and dud mud, we hold

our identity to the light, pure and undefiled- because:

from the furnace of adversity,

novelty is born!

And so we will not chicken-out or cower-in,

We will not stay down nor give up: we stay in

And we scream,

as we give one more push in the labor room of contrivance!

One more sleepless night in the refinery of our day-dreams!

5.

We take one more step,

We send one more letter

Code one more programme

Teach one more student

Shoot one more video

Write one more business plan

One more manifesto,

One more election

One more song,

Preach one more sermon

Save one more soul

And dream one more dream!

Again and again, we don't stop!

This hostile world seeks to dampen the fire of our passion

but our dreaming like a phoenix rises still!

'cos we have discovered

that gold is tested in fire

And diamond, is cold flame.

6.

Joseph, was betrayed for his dreams

Mother Teresa, gave everything for her dreams

Martin Luther King Jr, assassinated for his dreams

Nelson Mandela, denied freedom for his dreams

Abraham Roland was defamed for his dreams

And even Jesus, had to die, for His dreams!

Eleanor Roosevelt it was, who said it best:

“The future belongs to those -(children)-

who believe in the beauty of their dreams”

So this speech, is dedicated to children,

in adult bodies, like me;

Those who are not afraid of nightmares

so we dare to shut our eyes to things seen;

and dreaming, for more than we are offered by the status quo, we find:

that the sky is not a limit to those who fly,

without wings.

©Tolu_NeoDaniel

2020.