Dream Card

We picked him up at the airport He only had a carry on bag So the visit was just for awhile We got him home,I gave him a copy of my first poetry book for him to keep We were family friends Always will be So he said he had a book for me too, And produced The River Between by Ngugi wa Thiongo One of my favourite African Writers I was very happy He said his cousin brought it for him from Kenya A gift Then he had a book for my sister too It was like a Christian devotional book that his sister Shiru that had same name as my sister had given him A gift The writings inside from his sister were touching Words only a loving sister will write to her brother My sister was happy So we started catching up, been years since we were all together We had a lot to talk about I was mostly interested in his stories He had gotten in trouble with the law several times, had several accidents that almost took his life and had put his family through a lot In the midst of him showing me the scar on his arm from a knife fight, the bullet that was still in his left knee and bouts of amnesia that I noticed from the head injuries he had obtained from the accidents (He also mentioned the accidents had affected his memory), I saw a young boy that I once knew He had big dreams His family winning a green card and coming to America, the land of opportunity was going to make his dreams even bigger His carry on luggage told me a different story He was ready to change He was ready to dream again Are we going to help him fulfil his dream? I wondered I still wonder