I Dare To Dream Poem by Celestine Nkwocha

Right from the day of my birth
The drum beat of battle resound in my ears
The vibration is felt in the core of my heart
‘‘but I am innocent'' I thought "and need not fight"
O! how wrong I was
For right from my baby cot I battled
Right in my mother's tender bosom I battled
Away from her bosom, worst became the battle

I stared at life and he gave me a war cry
I turned to my father, but he seems to say to me:
"Son, if you won't fight you just might not have it"
The battle line has been drawn before I was born
But the side to belong was my choice to make
And I heard the wise man said:
"Victory is locked in dreams
They dreamt it all, thus they had it all"

So began my quest for a dream
And I dared to dream
But life made victory seem impossible and dream seem fantasy
But the wise man said again:
"Life would serve you not a dream
No one would make for you a dream
Your dream is yours to make"
And again I dared to dream
But tougher became the battle and my dream became stronger
Maybe life would give me not a dream
But then it can't deny me what I dream
Therefore I dare to dream, I dare to have it
And there is nothing life can do about it