Many Thanks - January 09

Many Thanks

Freedom has materialized

Justice has form

Hope is solid

Many gathered...one led

Many kept going .... a few remained faithful

We all have benefited from their struggle

Another rises

Time to continue

Unity has a name

Bigotry, hate and prejudice are

Outside looking in

We must be ever vigilent

They don't idily wait

If given the chance they will dictate again

But for now the horizon boasts of a new dawn

Full of hope, determination and promise

Thankyou

From the boat to the fields to the plantations

To the streets, to the offices, to the schools and the lunch counters

and finally to me.

We will not forget your work, your sacrifices, your struggle

We celebrate!!!

Your time of harvest is come

One world indivisible

defined by liberty

And the same justice for All

Souljourner Howard