Millennial Harlem

Langston Hughes wrote three simple words that have never left me, "A Dream Deferred".

What is a dream?

A dream is, an aspiration
A dream is, an ambition
A dream is, an ideal.

A dream is not, guaranteed
A dream is not, inalienable.
A dream is not, constitution.

Replace dream with one of the first three and your mind will realize the why the second three aren't. 

What is a dream?

An aspiration is expectation
An ambition is intention
An ideal is imaginary

Dreams are not guaranteed.
Dreams are not inalienable.
Dreams are not constitution.

So what happens to a dream deferred?

Aspirational expectations are deferred due to lack of a guarantee.
Ambitional intentions are deferred due to lack of a inalienability.
Ideal imaginations are deferred due to lack of constitution.

Replace risk with one of the second three and your mind will realize why first three might.

A risk is not, guaranteed
A risk is not, inalienable.
A risk is not, constitution.

A risk is, an aspiration
A risk is, an ambition
A risk is, an ideal.

What is a risk?

Langston Hughes wrote three simple words that have never left me, "A Dream Deferred".