My Dream

I found myself dreaming today.
Dreaming of a different world
A world where we didn’t have to fight everyday to prove that we are good enough to be here
I dreamt of a world where C’s were excellent
And where losing your purity was a thing to be celebrated.
Because you found that one person that made your heart flutter.
That one person that you could trust with such a magnificent gift.
Then I woke up
Late for this half assed class that I don’t even care if I pass
I woke up to this world where I am branded a whore
Because I gave my heart away to the unapproved man of my naïve teenage dreams
This reality where my “B” average is a call for threats
Threats to take away any hope I have of being free
Free from this being that holds my name for ransom
But my hope is not gone you see
I see far beyond this corrupt world into tomorrow
A tomorrow where I can love who I please and not be ridiculed
A tomorrow where I am free to choose my path and not be beaten down.
There was another man with a dream once
His dream is remembered
Mine will hardly be seen
But it is here
Just as strong in me as it was in him
He fought for this dream with everything he was even though they tried to take it from him
And even though he left us
His dream lives on in all of us.
Someday we will forever be free
To love who we please and to live in this dream
This dream that is not just mine
So let it shine
And be who you choose
For that is the one thing in this life they can’t take
It lives in all of us and I have faith
That the world I see
Is a world we can make .