I can't believe a week has passed since my last post. I need to do better than that, but I guess I haven't really had much to write about these past few days. I have been super busy playing catch up with my literature course, working on my book, life, work, and the kid! One more week and July is ova! 5 more months until 2011!
This week in class we covered poetry by Langston Hughes & Alice Walker. I am a big fan of Hughes' writing and absolutely love his poem "Dream Deferred".
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
Every time I have read this poem I have thought about my own goals and dreams. What does happen to a dream deferred? Well, nothing! It doesn't flourish, it doesn't move, it doesn't disappear, it remains a dream unless you live it!
I thought moving back home was the biggest mistake I had made, but after looking back at the past year and a half I have accomplished so much since being back. I'm back in school with less than a year to go on my degree, I have a great job, I am loving myself more, I bought a new car and I am making things happen for me. I still love and miss Atlanta, but I was able to let go of a lot of the negative aspects of the city that were holding me back. I can honestly say that I am proud of myself. What happens to a dream deferred? Nothing, but my dreams are no longer on hold because I am beginning to live them day by day!
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