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.