To Dream Is To Enlighten, To Enlighten Is To Educate

My books- my world

My world- a dream

all I wish, I can achieve

I can find for myself

a world of my own

I wonder how they

who don’t have access

to books and dreams

feel the realization, their life is gone

To be educated is such a big thing

like a singer’s chorus and a bird’s song

no pens in hand

and stress on mind

they strive to seek

some literature- sober and kind

Their eyes glitter

their wishes scatter

they sleep on rugs

and dream of paper

The ink they love

its patches they save

with fear and hard work

their paths they pave

Yes, they wish to be educated

and they wish by others to be stated

their only wish is to set an example

and have no hopes set for being pampered

The light of education reaches all

this is my dream- not big, so small

to enlighten ourselves is all we need

the knowledge we gain we have to feed

We need to read and we need to write

we need to plan our future bright

yes, we need to be educated

yes, we need to dream and hold it tight