She accepted her hammer

She accepted her hammer,
The baton that has been passed,
A new generation not going back,
Ready to finish the task before us…
 
With every blow of her hammer,
Parts of the ceiling are coming down,
A hope is rising in this land,
Freedom has finally come…
 
She has taken the mantle, the charge,
To carry the torch farther, to strive,
To march a little longer, to succeed,
To walk through the door they opened…
 
With every blow of her hammer,
The glass ceiling is being broken,
A way for us all to strive, to triumph,
Freedom has finally come…
 
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August 20, 2024
She accepted the hammer
 
Companion poem about Kamala Harris,
with “With every blow of her hammer”
August 20, 2024
With every blow of her hammer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/with-every-blow-of-her-hammer.html
August 19, 2024
Secretary Hillary Clinton’s speech on 1^st night of
2024 Democratic National Convention
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4SqHSwbU1g,
(especially starting at 14:08 to 16:25)
with reference to Shirley Chisolm and Geraldine Ferraro,
The 2016 DNC Party Nominee for President,
Story about breaking glass ceilings, for VP Kamala Harris
to be elected as President.
 
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