more to dream
in this land, opportunity
land of the pilgrims
of the slaves, the servants
of the righteous, the fallen
those who were martyrs
those we honor
those we yet hate
so much more to do
the road is long, hard
but it is within our power
as a people, a nation
one people together
our choice to be complacent
or to stand in courage
in our time, in this place
it is our decision, our
choice
more to dream, to strive for
to stand as a people, united
not hating those around us
we can lift up our neighbors
to say no to the tyrants, to
those
who would subjugate our
people
all to truly be equal
in truth, not mere words
regardless of color,
our races, our differences
they make us stronger
all to be valued,
all sisters and brothers
too long strangers
divided by striving
the false dream, the lie,
that all could be wealthy
to chase the brass ring
the corner office
treating our neighbors
as competitors, as rivals
more to dream as a nation
so much left undone
yet to become one
one people, together
united within us
one common bond, our creed
all to be equal, free in our
persons
all one, in this land of
liberty
Edited
September 10, 2013
more
to dream – v6
Edited
September 8, 2013
more
to dream – v5
(editing
version 3)
Edited
August 30, 2013
more
to dream – v3
Edited
August 30, 2013
more
to dream – v2
August
30, 2013
more
to dream
inspired
by Twitter post
by
Alicia Keys
“Dr. King taught
the world to believe in the power of a dream. There's so much more to dream #MLK #MarchOn“
&
her embedded link
&
August
28, 2013
“the
weight of this moment”
speech
of President Obama
at
50th anniversary of
the
“I Have A Dream” speech
by
the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
8/28/1963
&
earlier
poems
January
21, 2013
Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day
and
his final speech before his assassination
and
Inauguration of the President
Barack
Hussein Obama
Invocation
by
Myrlie Evers-Williams
Inaugural
Address
&
quote
in the speech, “"Our journey is not complete until
our
gay brothers and sisters are treated like
anyone else under the law"”
&
&
several
poems written in 2009
on
the juxtaposition of the
80th
birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
and
the inauguration of Barack Obama
as
President of the United States of America
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