A Dream Lost, Or Rejection?

United to be together is what they wanted to see

Traveling under railroads was how it had to be

From The Children's March to Boycotts, led us to be free

For he had a dream, shall live eternally

None of this is acknowledged when teen lives are ending dramatically

None of this is thought of when bullets travel

Piercing a body of the same flesh and blood

Moving the minds of people in their neighborhoods

It makes most wonder has a task been completed?

No, because African Americans are still being mistreated

From the outside looking in I have to ask, has his dream been fulfilled?

Or has a dream been lost in the cotton fields?

If Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was present in flesh today,

He would weep in pain for his beloved dream has been lost

People risked their lives for us to be free at all cost

Although we are all the same race

Not all of us share the same face

Leaving me to say that I’m the lawyer and I shall rest this case

Gaining yet another case a women has been guilty, but

All she wanted was a spot

Feet tired, work non-stop

White man took a  glance

He saw opportunity to enhance

Rosa refused to take a stand

Better yet for a man

Then they asked for her hands

Handcuffs became her new band

Mugshot, fingerprints

Real life no picket fence

Once released Rosa had a goal

To get equality for every soul

Not alone, she had help

In newspaper she spelt

Boycotts busses until they’ve felt

That they have been released from the bruises of a belt

Rosa made history

To save a wretch like you and me

Dont forget she saved us a spot

Now we African Americans can reign up top