A Poem. "Two Dreams." A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

This is a response to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, 50 years later.

Dreams come in two varieties:

            Weak-Wispy dreams,
            and Prophetic-Powerful dreams
Dreams that we reach towards and do not attain
and Dreams that reach toward us,
            that grip us
            and that do not let go.
      Dreams that arrest us
      Dreams that give us Hope
            and Hope does not disappoint
            for God has poured out His Love
            for God is the One
                        who gave us Dreams in the first place
            for God is the One
                        who fulfills the Dreams He has given.

There are Dreams that, like the flower,
            fade and blow away,
and then there are Dreams that
            become more substantial, not ghostly,
            as the Light shines, as the Day dawns,
                        as the Real usurps the false reality
                        of the Unreal,
                        as the kingdoms of the world
                        become the Kingdom of our God and King,
                        as the City coming down from Heaven
                        becomes the shining City on a Hill
                        which was prophetically declared by
                                    the King Himself.

There are Dreams that pass us by
            like cars on the interstate,
            like houses down the road,
and then there are Dreams that
            bring Revelation
            that open our eyes
            that transform our thinking
            that renew our understanding
            that change our world.


There are Dreams that die
and then there are Dreams
            worth dying for.

(Ian Edward Caveny, 08/07/13)