For Black History month at work we are having the kids look at poets from various cultural backgrounds. One of the poets that the kids read about yesterday was Langston Hughes.
"DREAMS"
by Langston Hughes
Hold onto dreams
For if dreams die
Life is like a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
What gives a child regardless of socioeconomic factors the ability to dream?
What holds a child back from achieving their dreams?
Who influences an individual to follow through on dreams they had as a child?
Why do some dreams die?
How does one individual "make it" in this world and another not, even if these two people come from the same circumstances?
How do we keep from failing our youth? What more can be done? How do we
( as a society) keep them from being lost in the system, or failed by the system?
I have been wrestling with these questions and so many more recently.
I have come to some of my own conclusions or opinions . Yet, I would love to hear a variety of perspectives.
1 comment:
It is every adults temptation, after they have experienced disappointment in life, to crush the dreams of children. Children dream as an integral part of their nature and it is our job as adults to give them room to do so. It breaks my heart seeing teenagers who have already accepted their "lot" in life because their parents told them that their dreams were stupid.
That poem is wonderful.
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