MLK Day -runo

Tänään on MLK Day tuolla Amerikan maalla. Mikä MLK? No, Martin Luther King tietysti. Hänen kuuluisan puheensa innoittamana harrastelijarunoilija Josie Whitehead on kirjoittanut runon I Have a Dream. Sain luvan julkaista kyseisen runon sivuillani, ja toivottavasti käyt myös katsomassa hänen runosivujaan tarkemmin.

Mitä mieltä olet tuosta runon asettamasta kysymyksestä “was his dream killed, Or in the world of today, is it being fulfilled?”?

I Have a Dream by Josie Whitehead

“I have a dream” of a world that is fair -
Well, it’s more than a dream, it’s really a prayer.
A small seed was set when these words were said -
But from a small seed grew an oak tree instead.

Segregation by race, was deep in his heart,
Segregation by race keeps nations apart.
Exclusion, separation, rejection by others -
Not sharing God’s world as sisters and brothers.

“I have a dream” which led on to a march,
In the hope it would lead to a triumphal arch.
“I have a dream.”   Oh, I too, have a dream
Where humans show others respect and esteem.

“I have a dream” where parity reigns
Where freedom flows freely through everyone’s veins.
Where exclusion by colour, by class or by creed -
Is changed by attention to each other’s need.

“I have a dream” – where a slave is no more,
And hope for one’s future can knock on each door.
Where chains that restrain can be torn into shreds
And liberation from bondage is granted instead.

“I have a dream” – - – - oh how time has fled -
And the dreamer long since joined the ranks of the dead.
A shot from a gun – - – - – and was his dream killed,
Or in the world of today, is it being fulfilled?

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