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Revering Reveries

Revering Reveries
(posted for the A to Z Challenge)

Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. The American civil rights leader and 1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner was a skilled orator. His “I Have a Dream” composition is often recited. In honor of Dr. King and his famous speech, today’s poem pertains to dreams.

D is for dream.

Revering Reveries

What dreams do we dare to forsake,
Refusing the risks we might take?
We soar while we snooze,
Then rouse just to lose.
Perhaps this is all a mistake.

I’d rather dream while I’m awake.


Artwork:
Daydreams, by Paul Fischer
Early 20th Century
Public domain image

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8 comments:

  1. beautiful poem.

    Stopping by from the challenge
    Dafeenah

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  2. A great and inspirational thing to blog for D. :D

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  3. I did not realize that today MLK was murdered.


    Gregg Metcalf
    Colossians 1:28-29

    Gospel-driven Disciples

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  4. Me too! I want to dream awake. Nice post!

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  5. So beautiful! Thanks for this inspiring post! :)

    One of my blogs in the challenge:
    http://www.povertyandhomelessness.com/articles.html

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