Awaken Dear Dreamer
Community Artist: Tameca Brown
Poet
Dear dreamer of prolific dreams
your soul is hungry
It is time for you to taste that dish,
which has been slowly simmering on the backburner
Now, if your down is the time to rise
You are closer than you’ve ever been
Why?
Because you’re alive
You have sent your prayers off into the future
and cultivated that seed of hope into a blooming, fragrant flower
Awaken dear dreamer
do not suppress your power
do not be afraid of your light or concerned with whose is brighter
You have spent
so much time on so many obligations
and arrived at the epiphany
that you are your best investment
You have traded stocks
or lead teams
or nurtured children
or written valuable words in private
and still you question
Yes, you can lead
Yes, you can fly
Yes, you have been anointed by way of divine intervention
Yes, they will take you seriously
Yes, you are the expert
Yes, and yes, and yes again
it is time for you to share your knowledge
Beautiful, pure soul
Step forth and heed your calling
Your story yearns to be told as it taps you on the shoulder
Now is the time for new life to begin
Shed your old ways
old thoughts
old skin
Reach out and grab your victory now
Quit trying to seek approval from those who don’t get it now
Spread your wings and join the migration now
Give birth to your creation now
Get on the bus now
Inspire someone now
Free yourself now
But, oh
tell your soul to tell your spirit
your cries are not unheeded
Those the breeze flows in your favor
Only you can sail this vessel
At this moment, dear one
it is time to employ action
Wonderful dream conceiver
Your purpose grows impatient