A Dream Deferred<\/p>\n
by langston hughes<\/p>\n
What happens to a dream deferred?<\/p>\n
Does it dry up
\nlike a raisin in the sun?
\nOr fester like a sore–
\nAnd then run?
\nDoes it stink like rotten meat?
\nOr crust and sugar over–
\nlike a syrupy sweet?<\/p>\n
Maybe it just sags
\nlike a heavy load.<\/p>\n
Or does it explode?<\/p>\n
So i’m probably stealing Hughes’ poem. But at least I am crediting it.<\/p>\n
I was thinking about that poem because of the “Fear saps passion” phrase from yesterday.<\/p>\n
If I am full of passion, but I am afraid, isn’t that a hope deferred?<\/p>\n
Yes. Yes. Yes, it is. And a hope deferred is a dream deferred.<\/p>\n
I had a reason to think of Charlie Brown and Lucy, with their football trick today.<\/p>\n
“Come on, Charlie Brown! I’ll hold the football for you!”<\/p>\n
and he falls for it every time. He puts all this passion into running, and the dream gets deferred.<\/p>\n
and he lands on his butt.<\/p>\n
It is NOT the fault of his passion. It is NOT the fault of the dream.<\/p>\n
Everyone knows that it’s Lucy. Anyone can tell it’s Lucy whisking the goal out of reach.<\/p>\n
How many times do I blame myself?<\/p>\n
“I should have snuck up on the football, acted all casual…then I would have had my chance to kick it out of the sky!”<\/p>\n
It is NOT my fault. It was never my fault.<\/p>\n
I have to find a new person to hold the football. And if I want to kick that football, I have to keep looking until I find that someone.<\/p>\n
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