Jackie Robinson
Supposedly we are all created equal
But some are more equal than other
How can that be and my question is why
Aren't we all supposed to be brothers
It's totally baffled me all my life
Became aware of it in nineteen forty-six
All the attention was on Jackie Robinson
The baseball world was transfixed
The colour barrier was down forever
As out from the dark we emerged
I'll never forget that season of awakening
When finally discrimination was purged
My hero, the super hero of my youth
Lived and died with his success
Till my very last breath I'll remember Jackie
With this giant of a man I was obsessed
© Jack Ellison 2013
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