Thursday, January 22, 2015

Unfinished Work – v2

Of Lincoln, and King
of the civil rights movement
echoes of our aspirations
in the words of his inaugural
the words of resolve

an echo of Joshua too
of the next generation
of our need to be courageous
of work still to do
of unfinished business

he spoke with passion
perhaps bolder
grander than his last
touching on our aspirations
and on the unmet promise

that none would be lost
each initiative, each desire
to lift up our neighbor
to answer an innate call
that all men are equal

to bind up our brothers
our sisters, the others
those who share this walk
who journey with us
in this nation we love

his words a challenge
to fight for our freedom
no matter our race, our gender,
to not give up
until the work is done

edited January 22, 2015
Unfinished Work – v2

Edited January 22, 2013
new poem “Unfinished Work”
January 21, 2013
“Work still to do”
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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