RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: LIFE SONGS
The Dream
Everyone has a job
A job that suits their interest and
ability
A job that fulfills a social need
while enhancing personal worth
No one is without food, shelter and
drinkable water
No one earns less than a living
wage
One that provides for self and
family
Everyone is able to pursue their
dream
Whether art or journalism, social
work,
architecture or athletic endeavor
though they may stumble and fall
though they may fail in the eyes of
others
Let them succeed in trying
Everyone receives the help they
need
Be it counseling or medical care
Be it mentoring or sympathy
Be it financial or physical
assistance
Everyone has a choice to be in the
company of like-minded others
or alone in comfort without
judgement
Everyone is free to become who they
want to be so long as it does not
infringe
on the wants and needs of others
Everyone has a right to free and
fair
adjudication of differences
Everyone has a right to live and
die
as they please within the limits of
possibility
They tell me it is impossible
That humans will always want more
than their fellows
That humans demand power and money
beyond all want and need
That we will never abandon greed
But I say there is nothing we can
dream
that we cannot bring to being
(for John Lennon: Imagine)
