HOPE POEM: I HAVE A DREAM" BY PROF. EGBOWON

I might not have riches

Nor be endowed with wealth

I might not be famous

Nor have helpers around me

I need not go into depression

Nor allow complex to overwhelm me

Success doesn't come from stagnation

Nor fame from idleness

I have a dream

I have a hope

I have a plan

God has given me brain to think 

God has given me innate ability to propel me

That idea roaming in my brain

I will give it a voice in my intellect

I will allow my mind to give it strength

I will allow my legs to take me out of stagnation

I will allow my hand to scribble the inner voice 

I will take my computer and store it for future use

I will discuss it with people of like minds

For problems shared is half solved.

I will not rest on my oars

Neither will I feel I have arrived

I will strive to learn more

Learning is continuous 

For the more you learn

The more you realise you have much to learn 

I have a dream to pursue

The actualisation of a dream is in the starting

I will not be afraid of those who want to discourage me

For what they cannot conceive

They cannot destroy

I have a dream

I will not lose hope 

Though the path be dark as night

There is a star to guide the humble 

My hope is built on the Lord

He will guide me safely to the end

I have a dream.

PROFESSOR SILAS EGBOWON

Lagos State University, Ojo.

- Nigeria

The poet persona energizes himself towards success. The voice believes in the future reality of his dream through God who has given life to him. He says his challenges cannot destroy him, for these struggles are not his Lord.