Thursday, April 27, 2006

a dream deferred

what happens to a dream deferred?

does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
or fester like a sore-
and then run?
does it stink like rotten meat?
or crust and sugar over-
like a syrupy sweet?

maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.

or does it explode?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

LOVE this poem. LOVE langston hughes. LOVE you.

Anonymous said...

hey we read that poem this year :) i love you!