Idle Words

I want to see the world at large Where right people are always in charge A world where I can marry and speak Where racism, sexism, and ageism are all but obsolete A world where people aren't defined by their pasts But the world is so quick, things surely won't last So now I tell you as a cautionary tale Don't live your life as an object for sale We tread and tread for a better tomorrow But should never forget the people who follow They marched and fought And stuck to their thought For the people that bled and who had theirs tears shed Were their efforts and work all for dead? Civil Rights are not the birds And cannot become just idle words Looking to see what lies in this new land We walk towards the sun with only our fate in our hands.