THE YOUNG DREAM
I will love to write,
Then Write!
I will love to sing,
Then Sing!
I will love to speak,
Then Speak!
I will love to fly,
Then Fly!
I will love to dance,
Then Dance!
I will love to laugh
Then Laugh
I will love to create,
Then Create!
I will love to pray,
Then Pray!
I would love to dream,
Then dream with an open eyes.
Cos nothing kills a dream,
than the comfort of dreaming it.
Then Write!
I will love to sing,
Then Sing!
I will love to speak,
Then Speak!
I will love to fly,
Then Fly!
I will love to dance,
Then Dance!
I will love to laugh
Then Laugh
I will love to create,
Then Create!
I will love to pray,
Then Pray!
I would love to dream,
Then dream with an open eyes.
Cos nothing kills a dream,
than the comfort of dreaming it.
This is a compassionate poem written by Okoro Amarachi. Pen name: I.C Amar
This is a poem of twenty lines written in one stanza. The narrative poem that talk about the need to do what we always want to do. This poem is written in such a way that the writer is seen in conservation with someone (the mind of the youths). See the first line “I will live to write” show a statement made and the response to that statement is “Then write”. It simply means what ever you want/desire/ love to do, we should do it. Whatever genuine and legal that, young hearts are passionate to do, the poet advocate we should achieve it and attain it.
This one is self explanatory poem that encourage it's audience to do what we want to do. It answers the question of what people wants/ choose to become. The willingness and zeal to become what that requires hard work, dedication and commitment.
The poet, ended her poem with a counsel when she was posed with question of “I want to dream”, unlike other responds she gives, this one is different. She noted “Then dream with an open eyes”. Meaning work it out as you dream it. This is climax of the poem, why did she give such responds?, she stated her reasons which is “Cos nothing kills a dream, than the comfort of dreaming it.”
This simply imply that everything we desire to do needs to put to work and not just to imagine it. Every ideas and desire needs a plan and strategy that visible to carry out that we have imagine. Therefore, we should not just say or think of dream what we wang to be but we should work towards achieving it. Young people today have always face the challenge of putting their plans/ideas/thoughts/ passion into work.
Finally, The poet simply try to inculcate the zeal of working out of our dream. Every body has a dream (to be become somebody, only few achieve that). In order to birth our dreams into reality, we need to ACT.
One notable poetic device used in the poem is “repetition”. The constant repetition of words twice which gives it a rhythms. They poet also adopted a lot of metaphors in her poems.