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It was a long time ago.
I have almost forgotten my dream.
But it was there then,
In front of me,
Bright like a sun--
My dream.
And then the wall rose,
Rose slowly,
Slowly,
Between me and my dream.
Rose until it touched the sky--
The wall.
Shadow.
I am black.
I lie down in the shadow.
No longer the light of my dream before me,
Above me.
Only the thick wall.
Only the shadow.
My hands!
My dark hands!
Break through the wall!
Find my dream!
Help me to shatter this darkness,
To smash this night,
To break this shadow
Into a thousand lights of sun,
Into a thousand whirling dreams
Of sun!
Langston Hughes
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David Arthez
(2/7/2010 10:00:00 AM) |
you're all a bunch of slaves. this poem sucks. beautiful? inspiring? touching? spare me the bellowing of cows, the snivelling of sycophants, and the drivel of whiners.
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Victoria Mbali
(2/1/2010 11:04:00 AM) |
it is touching and promising for me, cause i sometimes feel that way, like there's something seperating me from my dreams.
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Bickley Wilson
(1/2/2010 2:37:00 PM) |
WOW! This is beautiful! Does it have anything to do with being black in his time and discrimination?
It certainly applies to all of us and what can happen...Sometimes we have to fight to back with a vengeance to make our dreams happen...if we do not forget in the chaos of everyday life...
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Mackie Figueroa
(12/14/2009 9:13:00 PM) |
hey!
do this poems means burial? i could just figure out this as his death. mail me for explanation plz... really nice poem!
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Devin Robinson
(10/27/2009 5:55:00 PM) |
a poem about life and gettin older.... inspires me
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A .
(9/21/2009 3:53:00 PM) |
As I grow older.. :)
Love it.
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Soumyendu Biswas
(8/24/2009 3:46:00 AM) |
Incomparable spirit! An anthem song for us all...
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Contessa Neal
(8/10/2009 8:45:00 PM) |
wow his way of thinking was so amazing i would love to know what kind of things were on his mind. that was wonderful
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