If there was an African dream

If there was an African dream

What would that be?
peace, freedom, reconciliation,
we all have preach that,
but have we put into practice?

If the was an African dream

What would that be?
to end poverty,
to eliminate the gap
that Capitalism has
created between poor and rich.

If the was African dream

What would that be?
to eliminate all the differences
that separates us,
and focus on the similarities
that brings us together.

What would that be?

to see all the smile back

on my mother's face,
to change the whole meaning,
behind the word “Xenophobia”

If there was an African dream

What would that be?
to stop HIV/AIDS,
from tearing apart the African society,
that’s my African dream,
and I wonder,
what is yours?