It has been said and I say it again, “I have a dream…”
There is nothing in this world that one could take for granted, that is to except change. I dream of a world where love is the emotion that demonstrates the feelings of all. I dream of a world where faith is absolute regardless or religion or lack thereof. I dream of a world where one can be honest with all those around them without fear of abandonment, suffering, and pain. I dream of a world where I can finally rest.
Each day passes and this body deteriorates more and more. At first impression most place my age at near a decade over what I have actually lived. Is this a product of the life I have lived or is this the result of genes? Is my demeanor that of one aged and wise and if so does my spirit retain that sense of youth that I know should still be present somewhere deep within?
Death and rebirth. Light and dark. To put it simply, facts of life which some or all of us may or may not go through during this relative short stay on what we call earth. Constantly one, at least in my position, must ask not only why I was placed down in this realm but also why my soul was sent back after crossing the void into the hereafter. Fate and karma, luck and destiny.
To many as the body begins to decay our presence here is lost, to many more it signifies the soul passing on to the next realm or the next life. To those like me; well, that part has not yet been discovered. Sometimes it feels as though the life I was meant to live the moment my heart stopped beating. No longer do I have claim over the path but only the pace. Is this soul, this life, the one I was given or am I but a servant, no more than a dog, following the calling of my master?
To state that most people have no understanding of the true world that carries on around them, in my reality, is not a question but a statement of fact. Though it has many times been said the reality I lead is quite different than the reality of so many others around me. At this the question must be asked whose place is it to judge. Surely it is not the place of any mere mortal to judge, not when we as a people cannot fully agree on any one mindset or moral guidance.
For all of recorded history we, as a race, have disputed over personal gain as well as anything else that sounds like a reasonable excuse at the time. It is in our nature to not only destroy that which we dislike, but even more so that which we truly care about. Long has this been known and yet somehow we say it is wrong, we disapprove of those who live out their lives according to instinct and dismiss those who have any sense of higher calling as psychotic.
Where once stood shaman and druid, later became priest and monk, now we replace with any fleeting cultist movement that seems reasonable at the time. So quickly the ideals and faith of ye old times are dismissed despite the rich history, and significantly longer existence, of these beliefs that came before our time. Mankind has a natural inclination towards the mob mentality. So long as things go according to the plan or what is commonly believed none shall speak ill even if they know in their hearts for it to be wrong.
There once was a time when one could stand next to another as an equal, a true sense of family and of the pack to be shared. We are animals. Make no self indulgences of anything otherwise. This fact is written in our very genetic structure and in the history that we ourselves have recorded. Time and time again this world has collapsed only to be rebuilt in the image of a new empire, and new thought process.
So yes, I have a dream. I dream of a day when we wake up from this dream of self indulgence and the lies that help us to sleep at night. I dream of a world where one can be accepted for who and what they truly are. I dream of a day where love reaches true potential and the chaos that burns within the heart of all men finds its proper place in the balance of the world.
I have this dream, but to reach that dream soon I will be in sleep eternal. To see the light one must accept darkness eternal, for it is only in this acceptance that our hearts and minds can open themselves to the light that dwells within. Soon, my loves, soon this eternal slumber shall be mine own and I pray that those of you with a heart to care will find your peace as I know mine quickly approaches.