as i grew older
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It was a long time ago.
I have almost forgotten my dream.
But it was there then,
right In front of me,
Bright like a sun that arose
My dream.
And then the wall rose,
Rose slowly,
gradually
Between me and my dream.
Rose until it touched the sky-
The wall.
Shadow.
I am brown
I lie down in the shadow.
No longer the light of my dream before me,
Above me.
Only the thick wall.
Only the shadow.
My hands!
My brown hands!
Break through the wall!
Find my dream!
Help me to shatter this darkness,
To smash this night,
To break this shadow
Into a thousand lights of sun,
Into a thousand whirling dreams
Of sun!
inspired by langston hughes