I Have a Dream
I Have a Dream
I have a dream.
Let my kids not be victims of ignorance.
Because they are black, Cherokee Indian, Panamanian and Chinese.
Let them look in the mirror and see the beauty that they are queens.
Capable to have anything and everything.
That they are here but their riches stretch way beyond the earthly scene…
The sky is higher than it seems.
I have a dream.
I have a dream….
That I can go into the store without someone asking me seventeen times if I'm looking for something.
I'm mentally capable to be asked only once, on some genuine courtesy.
Treat all customers the same…implement equal opportunities.
I have a dream.
I have a dream.
That when I apply for something I won’t be denied because I checked the ethnicity box and circled black. I have a dream I won’t be pushed back to the back like Rosa in 1955…
I have a dream.
I have a dream.
I have a dream…
We are just human being make that an option too, please.
Since black seems to be crucial to the chances of you not calling me back!
I have a dream.
I have a dream.
Incarceration rates are higher than when we marched in Washington to hear King’s speech.
So what’s the new name for injustices today?
Since there is no change?
And we are still targeted slaves.
I have a dream.
And King still would too… if he were still here today.
Gunned up, locked up, smacked up as 2Pac explained.
Chains are still chains.
Thus, slavery still remains.
I have a dream.
I have a dream.
I have a dream.
Free, Free, Free.
Freedom.
When will it truly ring?
When will it truly ring?
I have a dream!
©StephanieGutierrez2015
Copyright © Stephanie Gutierrez | Year Posted 2015
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