A Tribute.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
1.
You had a dream, of pastures of peace,
where children of all hues mingle like rainbows.
2.
They silenced you, yet your dream
resounds louder still,
in pastures not yet of peace,
where children of all hues mingle like rainbows.
3.
You said that you had been to the mountain top,
they tried to strangle your voice as you saw the promised land,
those pastures of peace,
where children of all hues mingle like rainbows.
4.
Today your dream is glimpsed in pastures,
not yet of peace,
for though they tried to silence your voice,
your spirit in our collective hearts does rejoice.
5.
Your spirit, your dream,
mingles in the winds of all those pastures,
over the valleys, in the oceans, across the mountains,
in every flowing stream.
6.
Today, your dream lives in the wind,
seeding the prairies, the steppes, the savannahs, the pampas,
pastures of peace,
where children of all hues mingle like rainbows.
7.
We remember you today,
with a shared pledge to nourish those pastures of peace,
in each of us,
where your dream may thrive,
blossoming into our shared dream,
bounteous, and alive.
8.
Your dream realised shall then seem,
where children of all hues mingle like rainbows,
when we give life to the promise of the radiance of your beautiful dream.
Simply beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you humbly, my friend. Much appreciated. Warmest wishes.
Peace and Equality for ALL ✌✊
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*power-packed words
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thanks, Lene
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Oh come on, Spinz!
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😊✌😁👍
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A beautiful tribute. It almost sounded like a speech (in my head) by the great Luther King himself.
Here’s in solidarity to your power-packed:
You cannot tell a river to stop flowing
You cannot ask a bird to stop flying
How can you quell a voice that is free
You cannot suppress the storm in me
Don’t go messing with my right to oppose
You are not aware of my ferocity I suppose
Silence has got nothing to do with vulnerability
Try testing my strength, you will lose your sanity
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beautiful … absolutely wonderful, Lene
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Not as much as yours. And its not lip service, dear Spinz. 🙂
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✌
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Peace. My emoticons are gone.. ARRRRRGGGGH!
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darn it
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