A fulfillment of prophesy, invoking a dream
a vision of our world, as God might have it be
a world, living by the commandments,
by the golden rule, the dream that we share
where neighbor helps neighbor, where all are free
dignity and respect, love and comfort
no
matter their race, their color
open to all, no matter who they are
A turning point, a moment of power
certain change in that instant,
when he reads those words,
when his hand rests on the bible
when his words ring out, not so far
from the moment so long ago
when his kindred’s words spoke of a dream
the same dream that we share
====
edited January 20, 2015
Invoking a Dream – v3
(editing version 1 again)
January 21, 2013
Invoking a Dream – v2
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Day
and his final speech
before his assassination
and Inauguration of the
President
Barack Hussein Obama
&
&
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
===
January 17, 2009
Invoking a Dream
and the Presidential
Oath, from the
US Constitution, Article
I, Section 1, Clause 8,
"I do
solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully
execute the
office of President of the United States,
and will to
the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend
the
Constitution of the United States."
&
edited January
19, 2015
Changing
the Wind – v3
(merging
edits to original and version 2)
Edited July
22, 2013
“changing
the wind – v2”
December 7, 2007
“changing the wind”
Based on the comments of Jim Wallis on
Speaking of Faith, November 29, 2007
He was talking about whether to change politicians
or change the wind, to change the public opinion
which guides politics. He used the example
of President Johnson’s statement to the
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that it would
take 5 years for a voting rights bill but
it actually took 5 months to pass the Voting Rights Act,
after the March in Selma.
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