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A 9-11 Dream

I have a dream.
In my dream I see a people in great anguish
watching in horror as Twin Towers collapse
killing thousands.
 
And I see the people in anguish and bewildermint asking,
where is this terror coming from?  What is evoking such anger?
And from distant shadows I hear whispers...
"who do you think you are?"
"do you know that we are human?"
"why do you establish military bases in our countries?"
" do you think that everyone should be as you are?"
 
And the people in anguish and bewildermint are listening
and they are saying,
we will draw on that which has always been our greatest strength--
our compassion and our care for life and liberty.
And we will withdraw from that which has eroded our true greatness--
our pre-occupation with war-making and maintaining militry superiority.
 
And in my dream I see
tens of thousands of soldiers come back to life
and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi and Afghan civilians come back to life.
And I see millions of refugees return to their homes.
And I see two trillion dollars which had been blown to oblivion
come back to nurture life.
And I see great rejoicing by peoples around the world.
 
And I awake from my dream.
I say, what a beautiful dream,
but its only a dream.
Then a still small voice says
do not diminish your dreams.
Dreams come to keep you awake.
 


 


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