Honoring Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr. On His Birthday
In hopes that, one day, we would all be free
Free from hate, free from racism, free from ignorance
He had a dream that one day, all race, all people, would live in harmony
He had a dream, a powerful dream of a better world for you and me
He led the march on Washington for jobs, peace and freedom
In his struggle, promoting Unity and equality between men
He was assaulted, and he was jailed twenty four times or more
Even In the midst of danger, he stood strong, brave and tall
His faith in God enabled him to rise up time after time
to march on and follow his dream: equality for all
Dr. Martin Luther King, he had a dream to strengthen
this whole world from hate, from anger, from prejudice
that one day, man would be free
He had a dream, the impossible dream, in reality he could see
That one day, all men, all race, would walk in harmony
Even thought his life was cut short, much too soon
Dr. King's dream could not be destroyed, his dream lives on forever
Hate, prejudice and racism may never go away, but, we can proudly say
Because of his struggle to promote unity and equality between all men
this world is a much better place today
He would be so proud that Americans stood up together
and elected our first African American as president because it was our belief
regardless of his skin color, he was best for commander-in-chief
Happy Birthday, Dr. Martin Luther King
Published by Mary E. Coe
I write articles, songs, poetry, short stories and stageplays. Some of my writings are fictitious and some are fact based. In the Spring of 1993, some of my poems were published in the library at Citrus Col... View profile
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Nice work!
Excellent piece Mary!
Excellent and I loved the photo with! :-)
Very nice tribute to a great man. I still like to listen to him at You Tube.
Wonderful tribute to a great man. King's words still are an inspiration for all men.
I miss you, also, Donna. Thanks for your wonderful comment, I will be back on Authorsden as soon as I'm done with a family history book I'm working on for an upcoming family reunion.
"Hate, prejudice and racism may never go away, but, we can proudly say
Because of his struggle to promote unity and equality between all men
this world is a much better place today" -- Just beautiful, Mary. Missed you!