BHM

This world was real different

A colorless shame

Black and white amidst turmoil

Like a villainous scene

But through all

Comes greatness

Comes leaders, artists, thinkers

Believers, receivers

Growing the seeds of this planet

Into a world of opportunity

You see, once upon a time

Reality kicked us with cruelty

Like Langston Hughes

It was a dream deferred

For those on the darker side of the scale

But a dream deferred may fester like a sore

But it never dies, as long as we try

And they tried, the sore recovering

Because like JT Bruce

The desire to dream is primordial

Living life through their anguish, struggle

The yes sir and slave service on the double

But still living through the hearts of champions

Sojourner Truth, Malcolm X, Langston Hughes

Giving up the petty demand of shining shoes

Jackie Rob, Madam C.J, Rosa Parks

Lit the spark

Of a new generation

With spirit, power, aspiration

Integrating a multi-cultural nation

Like Martin Luther King Jr.

I have a Dream

That one day we could live in harmony

So I take a quick glance and what do I see

Every race, face and smile

Much different than that time where we suffered for a while

But to our own avail

One door closed, but a bigger one opened

For all my black brothers

Black mothers, sistas, fathers

And even for the oppressors

To integrate a new love for the “other”

To mitigate the other and make this an us

A multi racial community with ingenuity

Diversely fighting adversity

So today on this day, this week, this month

We celebrate and recreate the ideals and memories

Of our fellow black members of society

Commemorating those who brought the opportunity

And remember the word

That a dream deferred

Is unheard of

When we collectively fight for our ideals

For this is black history

The mystery

Of how we became accepting of ethnicity

And made right the wrongs of discrimination

Oppression, imperialism, isolation

Integrating a multi-cultural nation

Where everywhere we go

People wanna know

Just who we are

So we tell them

We are the mighty Titans

A team of brothers joined in arms, perishing the barriers of race

Let us remember them well

With peace, love and success

And gander upon today

Where hope and change is looming around us

Our very own executive seat

Occupied by a man of this here celebration

Inspiring us all and opening the gates of opportunity

The prez Obama

Some say elected by race

By those who do don’t recognize the grace

That his position of power has brought to this place

Overcoming boundaries never sought before

Obama a symbol of the modern day

Representing to us all that we

Can all be what we wanna be

And see what we wanna see

Without the repercussions of our skin

So I ask that we all stand and stand tall

Carrying our pride, our abilities, our face

To a world only foretold in stories

A world of equality, of respect and redirect it to greatness!

As we gather and celebrate

Black history!