The residence of dreams
Craig Dixon – Jamaica
Many things inflect and alter with time
Like policies, polities and paradigms –
But the residence of dreams
Is more eternal than time-
Each child’s dream – long before it sighs in earth’s wind –
Has lived in one place beyond the labyrinth of life–and
Every dreamer, rich or poor, was born in
A distinct spot within the labyrinthian twist –
For some dreamers, the course to fulfilment
Proceeds without curves, for others
It’s a meander of hazards and snags –
And still, for others, a mixture of both-
But despite the nature of your course
Your dream awaits your embrace; enduringly-
Strive for your dream therefore, with the same
Desire you have to breathe,
With intensity and courage uninhibited by fear,
Or the rebuffs of men who dare not aspire
To walk on the open plains of freedom-
And surely, in time, through lowlights and fireworks
Tantrums and meditation,
Star-crossed love and passionate love,
You will find your dream in residence,
Where passion sings a calm silence and
The soul examines the queries of the mind-
Fixed beyond the labyrinth,
Waiting – eternally
Nkabom 2010 – Kigali, Rwanda
