I arrive
About 8:30 a.m.
On August 28
To take up the
banner cry…
“We shall all be
free”…
And march
Once again
To Lincoln’s Memorial
Looking
Over
The “Reflecting
Pool”
In remembrance
of
“The Reverend
Dr. Martin Luther King”
And “The March
on Washington”
Of
nineteen-hundred and sixty three
When he
proclaimed
In his now
infamous speech
“I Have A Dream
Today” -
When we marched
Hand-in-hand
Along
Constitution Avenue
And sang out
Into the sphere…
These truths we
hold most dear –
Freedom is our rightful
entitlement!
Inequity is unacceptable,
And we will
not consent to this unholy predicament.
Justice must
and will prevail!
We cannot and
will not fail.
For we are
marching up the King’s highway
Where soft rains
call lightly on the day
Sprinkling
cooling baptismal dew
Sweetly anointed
In grace and
mercy under clouds gray
With the
breeze’s whispers
In the humid air
That yes,
God does indeed
care.
Our God Who
walks in the midst of the waters
To teach the
gospel of brotherly love
Ordained from
heaven above.
So as we march
this new morning
Under the awning
Of the challenge
to change directions
A long time
coming
When we shall
Rise up
On wings of
eagles
In the blaze of
glory
Of that great
ole Son-ship story
Told before time
began
And is now
Praise our God
At His right
hand
So I thank You
Lord God
For sending
forth
Your messenger
of hope
To speak Your
heart
To this day that
the Lord has made
And is justly well-laid.
Thank You
Our Abba Father
Jehovah-nissi
(The-Lord-Is-My-Banner)/
Our Abba Mother
El-Shaddai
(God Almighty)
Thank You
For showing
forth
Your Presence
Among us
In the essence
Of the new
messengers
Taking the stage
To re-invigorate
our hearts and minds,
To continue the
fight
For civil and
equal rights,
To re-determine
the goal foretold
That we ain’
gon’ let nobody turn us around,
That we will
stand our higher ground
And be not
dismayed
And be not moved
Or any-wise way-laid
We continue the
move ahead
On this path to victory
bound…
On this blood-paved
road
Towards
Fairness,
Rightness,
Legitimacy,
Truth
And all that is
Justice…
In this land of
liberty
And the born free
These
generations gathered
Around and about
The Memorial
Mall
Call
To action
The forces
against
Cruelty and
intolerance,
Against
systemized oppression
And customized
repression
We stand at the
steps
Of holy ground
With Congressman
Louis
And we will
“Put our
shoulders against the stubborn gates
Holding the
American people back…
These barriers
in the hearts of humankind
That form a gulf
between us”
And which broadens
the lines of hate and distrust
And we will
not be moved
We have kept the
faith,
We have kept
hope alive,
We have gone
against the grain,
And
our living
And dying
Will not be in
vain
Because we are a
people
Who have fought
against blind injustice
In Albany and Birmingham,
Trekked across
the muddy roads
From Selma to
Montgomery –
Beaten and
battered,
Stood against
vicious attacks in Chicago
And Detroit,
Plowed the mine
fields in Georgia and Mississippi,
Rose and died in
Tennessee
To rise again
In Washington,
D.C.
And we shall not
be moved
We are a tree
planted by the waters
Of righteousness!
We shall not be
moved
Or disproved
Unto Thee I
sing…
Let freedom ring
–
Let freedom ring
–
And sound out
the song
For the soon-to-be-coming
King.
“Mine
eyes have seen the glory
Of
the coming of the Lord!” MLK
For assuredly,
This is the day
of the Lord
And I shall
rejoice and be glad in it
Today
This is the day
that the Lord has made
And we shall
Over-come
What may
“For I am persuaded beyond doubt
That
neither death nor life,
Nor
angels nor principalities,
Nor
things impending and threatening
Nor
things to come, nor powers,
Nor
height nor depth, nor anything else
In
all creation will be able to separate us
From
the love of God
Which
is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans
8:38-39
9/11/13
Give us this day
our daily bread
Give us the
sustenance of life-
Giving fuel to
ordain the day
To address the
needs of life-
Everlasting
To bring-in the
day of the Lord
To conclusion
As we seek
wisdom, knowledge
And
understanding
Of the way of
God
Sustain us with
Your great grace and mercy
Which endures
forever
Forgive
continually
And we do thank
You Lord
For Your blessed
forgiveness
Eradicate un-forgiveness
And hardened
hearts in Your beloved community
Of light
Help us
To truly love
one another
As You have
loved us
Through the
sacrifice
Of the Lamb of
God
Being Christ
Jesus
Hear the words
of our hearts
And the
meditations of thoughts
For the good of
man
To know You
full-well
And to come into
the place of kingdom life
Give Obama the
seeds of peace
The Nobel peace
Bestowed upon
him at the beginning of his service
As President of
these
United-States
Of America
Give him courage
Forethought
A sound mind
Give him the
guidance in spirit
And in the truth
of right in Christ
As he seeks You
on bended knees
Desiring to do
Your perfect will
Please God
Help him to hear
the Voice of God
In his innermost
ear
Bless us in this
great body of Christ
Bring forth Your
manifested sons
Into the day
dawning
Even now
Says the Spirit
of grace and truth
Let Your tender
mercies fill our hearts
As the bounty of
the sun
Shining on the
sea
To shining sea
Amen
I pray
In the name of
Who Is
The Father
The Son
And The Holy
Spirit,
Praise the Lord
God
“In
quietness and in trusting confidence
Shall
be your strength,” Isaiah 30:15
