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Poem for MLK, Jr. on his Birthday [1]
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Date: 2025-01-20
MLK, Jr.
In a dream, the man walks
between two lines
seemingly parallel,
though in the distant view
of time,
the two lines become one
indistinguishable
from each other.
When the man wakes,
he struggles with
the daily needs and tasks
like every other person
who comes to adulthood,
food, shelter, survival,
but there is a certain joy
that burns within him
lighting his way,
moving his feet,
a purpose,
a certainty...
which he speaks about,
marches about,
and prays about when
lonely nights
and dark days
try to stop him.
He has a vision:
that one day
all men and all women
will be treated equally
based on character and ability
and not on the color
of their skin
or the caste
of their birth –
that all life has its place
and is of equal value
on this earth.
So he breathed and acted
and challenged us –
which is how dreams
become real
one life
at a time.
©2025 Carl Scott Harker
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