We had to do a free-verse poem in school inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Here is mine:
My dream today
Whirls through my head
Lives rent-free
In my mind
Words
Light, soft
Pleasant.
Words
Dark. Thunderous. Cruel.
Can bring tears
Can bring smiles
My dream is
For words
To escape.
To bring levity
Or gravity
Into the world.
Words
can be just what people need.
Words
Can rip, can pull someone apart
Words
Can put the pieces back together.
My dream
is for the positivity
of words
For the world.
For people to
Use care with their words.