"Do not fall asleep in your enemy's dream"
-John Edgar Wideman
There are dreams that heal, and dreams that imprison.
Not all visions of peace are meant for our liberation.
Not all invitations to rest are safe.
Empire dreams of obedience.
Capital dreams of consumption.
Patriarchy dreams of silence.
White supremacy dreams of order.
These dreams are seductive but the dream of the enemy is always containment, a way to fold you into their order, their comfort, their mythologies of peace and progress.
It may look like success but if it demands your erasure, your voice, your history, your people, it is surrender.
So do not fall asleep.
Stay awake. Stay wild.
Dream dreams of your own.
Dream of worlds the enemy cannot map.
Of futures that cannot be co-opted.
Of identities that do not beg to be included in broken systems.
Stay awake so you can build while others sleep.
Resist the lullaby of empire.