We All Dream

By: Tyree Jackson "Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly." -Langston Hughes We’ve dreamed so much that the stars left the sky. So forgive us Lord if the heavens aren’t shinning so bright. But we need faith along with your protection, because the society we’re living in is such an infection. Not only on me, but on the youth’s lives I see. From carrying guns, selling drugs, and doing time. Lord the youth here are trapped, falling behind, and need direction, can you hear their cries? not only from them, but from their parents too? Already burying their kids before they reach you. Please Lord, I wanna leave this place, but no matter how hard I try, I can’t seem to win this race. But one day, I know I’ll find, that exit sign reflecting in my eyes. And when I leave, I don’t plan to be alone. I am taking everyone with me to our new home. To a place where the streets are clean and with new stars in the sky because we all dream.