I Have a Dream
This country has gone crazy with terror wars
It is laboring to give birth to another country
I see peace sleeping in the house of war
I see light living at the mercy of the dark
I see wild fires chasing springs and rivers
I see sanity attending the school of madness
I see wisdom strolling in the shores of dumbness
I see shame forcing dignity to pack and leave
I see oceans turning violent to take revenge
I see deserts staring angrily at green pastures
I see clouds of ash burning like wild bush
Or skies as naked as a newly-born baby
I see myself in the middle of this country
I have a dream that one day:
Light will shine to kill the dark
Peace shall put off spreading fires
Order shall wipe out rampant disorder
Winds of hope shall drive away evil clouds
Truth shall no longer be a hostage of concocted lies
Abdi-Noor Mohamed
Writer and film maker
Mogadishu, Somalia
nuuru2003@hotmail.com
