Work still to do – v2

in the words of his inaugural

the words of resolve

an echo of Joshua

of work still to do

a nation still divided

too many struggling

dying in the streets

perhaps bolder words

grander than his last

touching on our aspirations

that none would be lost

each initiative, each desire

to lift up our neighbor

to answer an innate call

to bind up our brothers

our sisters, the others

those who share this walk

those still struggling

in this nation we love

edited January 21, 2015

Work still to do – v2

January 21, 2013

Work still to do

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/work-still-to-do.html

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

and his final speech before his assassination

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oehry1JC9Rk&feature=youtu.be

and Inauguration of the President

Barack Hussein Obama

Invocation

by Myrlie Evers-Williams

http://bcove.me/ugv9l9qy

Inaugural Address

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/president-barack-obamas-2013-inaugural-address-full-text-86497.html

&

quote in the speech, “"Our journey is not complete until our

gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law"”

https://twitter.com/whitehouse/status/293404632171048962/photo/1

&

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/not-just-dream-reality.html

&

several poems written in 2009

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/Martin%20Luther%20King

on the juxtaposition of the

80^th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.

and the inauguration of Barack Obama

as President of the United States of America

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