Saturday, April 05, 2014

A Reality – v3

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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