What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it cease
like a fire without air?
Or does it burn like an itch –
you can no longer bear?
Does it tear at the heart?
Or inject toxins in the veins –
like a poison dart?
Maybe it sits crying
like a child in pain.
Or does it go insane?
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Beautiful :)
ReplyDeleteLangston would be proud.