Dear moon child of the Universe

wake up and lift your golden feet

& wave your hand's glory to your

placid disposition

however humble it may be

without surrendering your

human dignity

For you have the worthy right

to be present here void of

dark imaginings of who's

over your halo & beneath

the sole of your feet

Dear child see here as loud

as the echoes of the walls of your heart

not as broken dreams shattered

by tricks, lies and politics of many men

who are here enabled with

authority-power to cancel the

dreamers & nightcrawlers

As a treader of this path

stomping on eggshells

moonwalking on the surface of

every mountains without

whisper or tell...

Sing your songs loud to your silence

& to the silence around you to halt

all silences

Even though you encounter defeat

& the unfair blows of life knocks

you down to earth flat — facedown!

Beat your wings & rise from the

dusty fall & wear your blackened

eye with pride...

and stand firmly in the sun with a will

tattooed across your chest...

fearless, deathless as the kill

with shining sword and shield

ready to battle... (to bury the dead in you)

willing to give life another

benefit of doubt

For the dream is louder than the

noisy confusion of life

Blaze it... don't

smoke it!

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Uchechukwu Onyedikam called us from Lagos, Nigeria.

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