Maybe Some Had Thought I Hoped Too Much
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Maybe some had thought I hoped too much And dreamed a dream that never would come true, Reasoning from what they saw and such Trends as might confirm their points of view. In dreams, however, one creates what is -- Not from what one sees but what one wills: Like light, from the Lord's dream sprung, now All, as His Undying Word the void unending fills. Then look! Look! What miracles occur! Here we have a black man judged upon -- Exactly as I dreamed -- his character, Regardless of his skin! And he has won! Know, then, that the dream for which I fought In time became the ground for what I sought. New realities require dreams Given to us not as ends but means. Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use. |