I Dream Poem by Abdulkarim Jimale

I dream of

A day when peace rings from south to the north of the country

A day of peace, kindness, equality and justice for all

A day when we are one people of one land

A day when foreigners can’t divide and rule us

A day when we are all brothers of one nation

A day when the blind man walks from south to north free of dread

A day when everybody sleeps without scare of being killed, tortured or harassed

A day when mothers are not hopeless and helpless

A day when mothers are free of worry

A day when the wives don’t worry the situation of their husbands

A day when boys respect their fathers and mothers

A day when elders are the leaders of the community

A day where the professors are leaders not destroyers

A day when religion is not desecrated

A day when the girls go to school and have rights

A day when murders, destroyers and deceivers are in jail

A day when all are free of bandits, rapists, bombers, ghosts and killers

A day when the winners are respected

A day when all the youth have future

A day when kids are free of guns and bombs

A day when all kids go to school

A day when children play freely and walk around the streets with, books, balls and bicycles

I dream of a day when we are all free to return and build our mother’s land


Written By Abdulkarim Jimale, a son of Somalia living in a far away land. He is a journalist currently writing for for On Islam and The Horn Times.