Dear moon child of the Universewake up and lift your golden feet& wave your hand's glory to your placid dispositionhowever humble it may bewithout surrendering yourhuman dignityFor you have the worthy rightto be present here void ofdark imaginings of who'sover your halo & beneaththe sole of your feetDear child see here as loudas the echoes of the walls of your heartnot as broken dreams shatteredby tricks, lies and politics of many menwho are here enabled with authority-power to cancel thedreamers & nightcrawlersAs a treader of this pathstomping on eggshellsmoonwalking on the surface ofevery mountains withoutwhisper or tell...Sing your songs loud to your silence& to the silence around you to haltall silencesEven though you encounter defeat& the unfair blows of life knocksyou down to earth flat — facedown!Beat your wings & rise from thedusty fall & wear your blackenedeye with pride...and stand firmly in the sun with a willtattooed across your chest...fearless, deathless as the killwith shining sword and shieldready to battle... (to bury the dead in you)willing to give life anotherbenefit of doubtFor the dream is louder than thenoisy confusion of lifeBlaze it... don'tsmoke it!————————————–Uchechukwu Onyedikam called us from Lagos, Nigeria.voicemailpoems.org/submit/facebook.com/voicemailpoemsx.com/voicemailpoemsbsky.app/profile/voicemailpoems.bsky.socialinstagram.com/voicemailpoems