A Dream

I dream of a day not green 

Or of material exuberance 

But merely a day of acceptance—

Where no government 

And certainly no man 

May take away what birth 

Has given on to each of us.

I dream of a day beyond 

Man made division 

And of lies meant to break

And bondage all those 

Who subscribe to a different 

Form of a humanity ever so tainted 

By the web of societal control

And social hierarchy

Which permeates all but 

The lives of those long gone.

But in my dreams

I see the fight for acceptance

Grow to encompass my entirety

Instead of marginalization making me. ◆

Photo by Faisal AlRakdi (@falrakdi).

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Anthony is an aspiring poet who likes to focus on the contrast between nature and humanity but also the many similarities that bring the two together. Anthony enjoys the pastoral as well as the depth of human sentiment and action and tries in earnest to express this in his poetry. Anthony travels frequently and has spent most of his life in Kuwait jostling between the UK & America. Anthony enjoys writing about the impact of multiculturalism in his life as well. Anthony has been published twice in the fourth edition of The Kuwait Poets Society's Ink & Oil Zine (June 2019) & in The Showbear Family Circus. Contact Anthony through: @anthony64120 on Instagram.