We need to dream about a better tomorrow, <br />We need to touch the star, to reach our goal, <br />We need to nourish the body and the soul, <br />We need to be swim in happiness, not in sorrow. <br /> <br />A comprehensive education is what the doctor orders <br />For everyone: whites, non-whites and beggars. <br />A truly educated individual always fights against racism, <br />Unfairness, intolerance, bigotry, ignorance and any ism <br />That promotes hates, separatism and other ills in our society. <br /> <br />We need to strive for equality, decency and true liberty. <br />Freedom is the soul of progress and advancement. <br />We need to help and devote more time to our children. <br />We want them to succeed in life; we want to create a haven <br />For them, so they can flourish in all seasons, <br />So they will not end up in some inhumane prisons. <br /> <br />We need to dream about a better paying job. <br />We need fairness in employment; we tired of being robbed, <br />In our paychecks, some people get compensated more, <br />Because society claims that they have the right skin color. <br />We need to be more sensitive of our surrounding, <br />Life is difficult enough; do not make it more excruciating. <br /> <br />We need hope <br />Not dope <br />We want good reason <br />Better education <br />No more prison <br />Not more poison <br />For our brain. <br /> <br />We want to be sane <br />Not insane. <br />We want hope <br />Not dope.<br /><br />Hebert Logerie<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/we-need-hope-not-dope/
