Inspired by the work and life of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I Have A Dream, and the movie Selma.
2015, Piper Lauri Salogga

I have my dream
of a heart,
all hearts,
felt and healed,
seen and heard.

I have my dream
of the bodies
with souls, mine
and yours, all of ours,
inspired roots
of initial innocence
presented in
so many delightful
packages:

shapes and colors,
backgrounds, so many
different expressions,
languages, beliefs and rituals,
so many varied actions,
work and play –
all great souls living
upon this mighty
and magical earth –

my dream is for celebration,
our joyous recognition,
uniqueness, compassion
and curiosity
to know and be known;
what we hold precious,
valuable, important.
A blessing, us all.

On behalf of Life,
I have my dream.

A dream of listening
and feeling the magic,
a dream of expanse, open
to seeing and tasting,
delighting treasures,
the scents of heaven
and earth’s riches,
sublime Largess of Life.

A dream of touching
that is moved by love,
the love from knowing,
trusting the unending
bounty in and among us,
all of us, everywhere.

I have my dream
that the fear,
imaginings of scarcity
that plague us,
have plagued us since
we tried to own,
own the land and its gifts,
own the people,
our people,
(we are all people
of the same beginning
into birth),

tried to own what was
never ours and never
will be ours to own,
I have my dream of freedom
from fear’s dark
and greedy grips,
a dream of releasing
the coveting,
a dream of sharing,
what was always
meant to share.

Can we not, we
bright at heart,
feeling humans,
can we not let
this plentiful, abundant,
creative and plethoric pulse,
this growing of Life in
and around us everywhere,
can we not let It free us,
free us from our fears, at last?

Is that too much to ask?

To know the beauty
that surrounds us all,
even in the seemingly
dire and desolate places,
even in the over-bought,
overwrought with material
bandages, even in
the strife and fight,
can we not know
the light that is always
present, somewhere,
if we effort to see?

To look, listen, venture
to find It,
wanting to feel It,
this beauty, this bounty,
this lifting from the lost…
Every chosen turn
It is waiting for
your gaze to grace…
Are you willing?

Are we willing as a human race?

Can we, each of us
taking responsibility,
can we not let Its love,
Its enigmatic energy,
contagious, uncontained,
creative, uncontrollable force
seep into every cell
of our being, carrying us
on its sure,
abundant journey?

Can we not let down
the need for destruction,
tension, trying to control
creation to our misguided
benefit? Can we not
simply, gratefully step
into the many,
many generosities
already here, created
for us all to share?

Yes, I have my dream,
that all beings will know,
will feel, will act
from this well of love,
and Life, and live from
fear no more. For,

when hearts
and wells are full
upon the asking,
the wanting,
the needing,
when the bodies know
from their souls’ connection,
safe and sound,
they will trust

and freedom,
freedom from all
that constrains
and tempts us,
from desperate beliefs
of not enough,
freedom will truly ring!

I have my dream.

Will you join
in this dream
with me?

To Living Sensual,

xo Piper