Obama has won — in my dreams and in real life

Last night was surreal, and I’m still a bit dazed. Obama won the election. Watching the crowds on TV, with Jesse Jackson crying along with so many others, moved me to tears as well.

In my dream, I’m spontaneously marching down the middle of the street, leading a gathering crowd of others, predominantly African American. We’re walking with our heads high, proudly, celebrating this wonderful event. [in real life, we would be stopped by the police for demonstrating without a license, or for stopping traffic, or for walking while black]. We walk past a statue of Abraham Lincoln, and the one woman behind me stops still, and begins to cry. The collective happiness we’re feeling is unimaginable.