Honoring Martin Luther King's Birthday

YET, I DREAM

 

I dream of kings and queens

Of far away kingdoms,

From days of old,

With corn-rowed tresses

And ebony faces.

 

I dream of my forefathers,

Chained and shackled,

Brought to a distant land,

A home forever,

The motherland to see no more.

 

Bought and sold,

Their labors utilized

In the forging of a new nation

Called America---The Home of the Brave

And the Land of the Free.

 

I dream of Benjamin Banneker,

Crispus Attucks, Nat Turner, Den Mark Vessey,

Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington,

W.E.B. Dubois, Jean Baptiste DuSable,

George Washington Carver, Carter G. Woodson,

Thurgood Marshall, Dr. Martin Luther King...

 

I dream of Harriet Tubman,

Sojourner Truth, Mary McLeod Bethune,

Phillis Wheatly, Madame C.J. Walker,

Ida B. Wells, Mahalia Jackson,

Marian Anderson, Marjorie Stewart Joyner...

And other sisters and brothers

Who lit and carried the torch,

Then left it----That we might see the way.

 

I dream! I dream! I dream!

Yes, Yet I dream!

(C) 1995 A.D. Moore

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A New Year of Endless Creative Possibilities!

A happy belated New Year to my fans, friends, and followers!
It's a special time indeed.
A new year serves like a blank canvas. It is ours to create our own vision for the future.
...To learn from mistakes of the past and move forward.

What dreams have you had on "hold status"?

Perhaps it's been to write a book. Or to publish your first article? Or to go back to school to enhance your employment opportunities.

Whatever your goal is, why not make this year the "setting" of your own personal success story?

You're never too old to start anew.

Remember: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step."

Wishing you a year of prosperity, peace, progress, and optimal health!



Image: Stuart Miles