I have spoken

Wikipedia defines 'hope' as "a belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one's life. Hope implies a certain amount of despair, wanting, wishing, suffering or perseverance - i.e. believing that a better or positive outcome is possible even when there is some evidence to the contrary."

Photo taken (2004) with my 35mm Pentax, in my pre-digital camera days.

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In part of my dream on Monday night I was at a function. It was somewhere 'fancy' like Hilton ... or perhaps it was the Prime Minister's palace. I was talking with a group of friends when suddenly there was a stir and the PM appeared, surrounded by a bevy of admirers. He was joking and smiling and 'being charming'. As soon as I saw him I moved away from my group, went up to him and asked him what was going to be done about ... (and here I started listing the things that are wrong in the country).

He started to laugh at me in a what-are-you-talking-about-nothing's-wrong-with-this-country kind of way.

I calmly said: "This is not a joke, Mr. Manning." He made a flippant comment, dismissing me, and moved off laughing with his entourage. I followed and tapped his shoulder to make him turn around and face me. Whatever I told him at this point, I can't remember, but he started to say something in defense of himself. Before he could finish, I said pointedly: "I have spoken."

He stopped, surprised and started slowly backing away from me. He opened his mouth to try and speak, but before any words could emerge, I said in a quiet, firm tone: "I have spoken!" (For the relevance of this statement, see here).

Is the "I" in the dream a symbol of 'the people'? What have we said? Are we yet to say it? And how?