New River YMCA: Poem

What Happens to a Dream Pursued?*

Does it rise up early

and lace its shoes

before the sun comes back around?

Does it gather neighbors

and stubborn hope,

hammering purpose into beams

and promise into concrete?

Maybe it grows—

steady as a heartbeat—

until a whole community

can walk inside its welcome.

Or maybe—

when a dream is chased

with courage, sweat,

and the faith of many hands—

it stands.

A building with its lights on.

A future with its doors open.

A dream,

finally living

where children laugh.

New River YMCA Christi Hill Charlie M. #NewRiverYMCA #OnslowCounty #JacksonvilleNC #YMCA #YMovement #ForABetterUs #CommunityStrong #YouthDevelopment #HealthyLiving #SocialResponibility

*In the spirit of Langston Hughes and with the help of Copilot AI to compensate for my poetry writing skills.