We have a dream
he and I.
He with his deep faith
his four children
his vision for peace.
Me with my deep faith
my four children
my vision for peace.
We have a dream
he and I
that one day
one day
we people
we citizens
we souls
we souls who occupy our many-colored skins
will rise up and live out the meaning of HARMONY
different notes
played together
creating a beautiful sound.
Not the sound of siren screams
or hateful words
news reports
or eulogies
but of PEACE
of brotherhood
of sisterhood.
Sharing a common table
in uncommon kindness.
We have a dream
he and I
that one day our neighborhoods
our towns
our finest cities
where we swelter today with the heat of violence
will be “transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice”
HARMONY AND PEACE.
He dreamed that his “four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
I have the same dream today.
He dreamed that “one day little black boys and black girls” would be able to “join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.”
His four
My four
Meeting eyes
Reaching out
Joining hands.
He
Me
Meeting eyes
Reaching out
Joining hands.
We have a dream, he and I.
A dream that “one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; ‘and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.’”
We have a dream, he and I.
I, too, say, “this is my hope, and this is my faith.”
And “with this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair
a stone of hope.
With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation
into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.”
Like that great man whose voice rang out in 1963, I have the same dream today.
And today
I believe
it’s your dream, too.
Read or listen to Martin Luther King’s full speech, “I Have a Dream,” HERE.