I am a child with dreams
Forever I must scream
I have goals to achieve;
I won’t change them
No matter how much you persuade me.
Sometimes life is tough
But you must be tougher
Oiling it with laughter
Lifting your dreams farther.
But I will never give up
No matter what comes my way
I will always man up
Because nothing is impossible
The word itself says ‘I’m possible’.
I have learned
The best way to predict your future
Is to create it
And the ONLY one to shut your dreams is you
Don’t let anyone shut them for you.
People can talk about your dreams
And make them look like negative things
But I don’t care
I believe, finally I will get my PhD
By Lisa Ndobho,
Tanzania
LISA Ndobho is 12 years old. Her hobbies are singing, reading storybooks, dancing. She would like to grow into a person who helps the poor and needy and make her parents proud in all that she does. She would like to pursue her education to PhD level. Her ambition is to become a doctor.
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This is so insightful and inspiring poem for all generations of people. Dreams are not limited to young children. Even adults have dreams. This a cross generational poem. Indeed insightful.