Justin Street Poet Free verse

I Have a Dream

I have a dream
I am in darkness 

I look and see a world
Only wanting evolution
Picking and grabbing
Until all remaining life 
is lost in time

I see a world
Conquered, and in pain
By men after men
Wanting only power

I see a world
A Victorian world
Hardworking, truthful, yet full of lies
Those advanced rule all

I see a world
Wanting revolution
Wanting an idea only to change it the next day
Changing in blood

I see a world
Countries still divided
But trying to hold for a hope
A hope of peace and nationalism

I see a world
Of growing towns of steel
And motorized metal
Clanking over a ground unprepared

I see a world
Where men stand up
Different colors, with hands high
Chanting a chant of love
To be free

I see a world
Full of terror
Leaders who struggle
And people who search
For someone to blame

I see a world
A world of blue
Of beauty
With peace, and love
All is well
All are happy
Poverty is gone
And wars, dissolved

Then I awake
I start to cry
I had a dream

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Susan Palli February 27, 2010 at 7:21 AM So true, this sad world we live in.

Carey Sokolowski February 27, 2010 at 6:47 AM nice poem would you like to chat?

Carolyn Devonshire February 26, 2010 at 4:18 PM Such a compelling dream, Justin. Got chills when reading your last verse. When we find happiness in dreamland, it's hard to face the real world again. Well done! Love, Carolyn