Different

by Yvona Fast

From the book:

DREAMIN’ DREAMS

I dream big dreams for all.
Of breaking through the wall:
Walls of insensitivity,
Walls of insecurity.
Walls of misunderstanding
By folks who are unbending.
No dream is too small.

Big dreams call:
Equal rights for all
Is not a dream too small.
Acceptance is not too much to ask.
We can rise up to the task.
Big dreams for all.

Big dreams call:
Banish indifference,
Discrimination,
Injustice,
Bullying.
Accept difference:
We’re not all the same.

Big dreams call:
Dreams of accessibility.
Dreams of mobility.
Dreams of ability.
Dreams of nobility.
Big dreams I dream.

Big dreams call:
Accommodate us all!
Text for the deaf,
Ramps for wheelchairs,
Accessible transport.
Too much to ask? NO!
Rise up, and GO!
Big dreams for all.

Big dreams call.
When the wall seems too tall
Find a way around the wall.
Rise to the challenge!
Accept the call!
We can break
Through this wall.

24 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2017

About the author

Yvona (aka Yvonne) Fast is a graduate of Jamesville-Dewitt High School, SUNY Oswego (BA), and SUNY Geneseo (MLS). She currently resides in the northern Adirondacks, where she is a member of the Adirondack Center for Writing.

She has written a weekly food column for the Adirondack Daily Enterprise and Lake Placid News since 2005.