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I Am His Dream Fulfilled

Martin Luther King Once Said I Have A Dream
That was on August 28TH, 1963
BUT little did he know that when he spoke those four worlds
He would be changing the world's history.
In the 50S and 60S, the world started to change
Things were moving at a much faster pace
New pressures were put on peoples all over the world
Especially The African American race.
Blacks were spat on, beaten, and hanged back then
They did not have the same privileges as whites
They were treated like animals instead of women and men
And had almost no constitutional rights.
However God up high heard their terrible cry
And chose to put an end to their suffering
HE sent some soldiers to stand up for His people
One of these was DR Martin Luther King.
He was a powerful man but he preached nonviolence
You can't stop hatred with hatred, he would say
We as a people will get to the Promised Land
But we can only get there by doing it God's way.
He stood fearlessly before his oppressors
He had a powerful yet intellectual voice
He didn't arm himself nor hide for protection
Because his Faith was his weapon of choice.
His enemies and oppressors did fear him
They couldn't wait to see him dead and gone
Thus he fell like so many soldiers before him
But not before his seed had been sown.
His words reached the darkest parts of this country
And had white America seeing in a brand new way
He said let freedom ring all over this world
And that freedom is still ringing today.
We still have a long way to go brothers and sisters
Before we've reached total human equality
But I thank God Almighty for DR Martin Luther King
And that we're not where we used to be.
Today there are more soldiers fighting for us
Shinning light on those oppressors who hide
And regardless of what our status in this world may be
We are each and everyone filled with pride.
I often think back on the words of DR King
They murdered the man, but his dream was not killed
Because of this I've learned to take nothing for granted
For I know that I am his dream fulfilled.
BY Benjamin M Davis
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