Saturday, October 19, 2013

the weight of this moment – v2

a burden unanswered
the truth before us
looking in the mirror
calling us to vision
to imagine his dream
to see more clearly
the divide remaining
the haves and have-nots
the work yet unfinished
the Dream unfulfilled
so many yet hungry
so many without promise
no jobs, no life, no hope
a burden remaining
weighing heavy, a stone
on our hearts


Edited October 19, 2013
the weight of this moment – v2
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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