I’ve been having this dream that when I wake up on Wednesday morning the world will have changed.
It will be different from the Tuesday morning I woke up to. When I wake up on Wednesday morning, a mother can tell her child that he can be whatever it is he wants to be, and it will be true.
It will be true, regardless of the child or his mother’s race, religion, gender, sexuality.
On Wednesday morning, when I wake up the world will have changed.
It will no longer be the world of that one summer, when Jess and J. and I were coming back from a party and we got in an accident. The cop showed up and was so nice to us. He even let Jess have her expired license back. But to the men in the car behind us it was, “Stand right there. Don’t Move. Where are you coming from? Where are you going? You just wait right there.” My dog was barking ferociously and I was in a bathing suit. J. was shirtless. Those 4 gentlemen were perfectly dressed. Kind. Respectful. Black.
On Wednesday morning, when I wake, I dream that the world will have changed.
The dream that defined a nation over 200 years ago will once again be true. The dream that had been defined by those who felt persecuted and refused to stand for it, those who felt unheard, those who felt misunderstood and not treated fairly because of it.
The dream will be returned. The dream will be owned by us all, not just those that live on the hills with big cars and big lawns and big dreams. We will all once again own the big dreams. All the dreams are now big because all the dreams dreamed are now capable of being true.
When I wake up on Wednesday morning I know the world will be changed.
When I and you and all your neighbors step outside, we will own the sidewalk. We will hold our heads high and realize that we can see what it is we desire in the clouds. We can live it true.
The dream will once again belong to those whose souls beat with promise. Whose souls beat with hope. Whose souls refuse to give up beating until peace is achieved by all.
On Wednesday morning when I awake, I know the World will have changed, because for once the entire world will believe that dreams can become a reality. It is no longer just a notion. It is a Truth.
