A dawning, a changing of the
old
unraveling threads of time,
the mantle transferred
from Moses to Joshua
Elijah to Elisha
Martin to Barack
happening before the
witnessing eye
A nation turning,
transforming,
like a butterfly out of a
cocoon,
a nation rising from a long
night
slumber giving way to light
dawning, rising, renewing
a transition of power
moving forward, a nation
Together, hopeful, prayerful
longing for the truth of our
creed
that all are equal
that all share the dream
the highest ideals, the
better angels
our nature wrapped in the
words
the oath, the prayers, and
his speech
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edited
April 5, 2014
A
Reality – v3
(editing
original version)
January
21, 2013
A
Reality – v2
Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day
and
his final speech before his assassination
and
Inauguration of the President
Barack
Hussein Obama
&
January 20, 2009
A Reality
Inauguration Day
the message, “It’s not just a dream but a reality”
on the sign in front of church,
&
several
poems written in 2009
the story of Moses and Joshua,
Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Joshua 1:1-9
and 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
along with
Micah 4:1-4
Matthew 5:43-48
the sermon, “Love Your Who???”,
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
Suncook United Methodist Church, Suncook, NH
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