Martin Luther King Jr
They looked for an equalizer for so long
Their freedoms were caged
They were treated as less human
Their abilities suppressed
Then, on January 15, 1929, a man was sent
He boarded the flight for freedom
He passed thru the sky of racism
Saw the gathering of thick clouds
Knew the thunder would blast someday
Yet he walked thru the storms to free his people
He appreciated God for his creation—
For diversity and various colors of creation
He prepared the ladder of equality
And placed it on Freedom Avenue
He knew racism held the gun
To fulfill the dream of equal rights and justice
For all peoples was his so focus
He saw it clearly in the Scripture
All men were made from one source—
Brought into being free and equal
He sacrificed his life for the truth to prevail
His speeches out weighted racism all over America
The fruit of his labor—reality of his historic dream
Is the 44th president of America toady!
Copyright © Olivia Nimley | Year Posted 2013
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