Inflection in the charismatic timbre of the great orator - <br />Recall, it was Churchill whose iron words galvanized his great island <br />In that we shall never surrender operandi - <br /> They didn’t. <br /> <br />Who am I <br /> <br />To question the boundless ends of motivation <br />Of those encircled by flames of adversity, <br />Or afflicted with exotic plagues <br /> <br />Are they to cast their hands at destiny? <br />Or is it simply by chance that a single voice invariably <br />Always rises, issuing the fire of resolve <br />From the summit of Olympus <br /> <br />Christ, to his disciples, in an act of organizing, <br />In an act of ordering chaos, taught, <br />Our Father, who art in heaven <br />Simple phrases that forever altered time’s winding course <br />And focus <br /> <br />Inflection in the charismatic timbre of the great orator <br />From the resonance of Martin Luther King, I have a dream, <br />To the coruscated plains of equity <br />It brings us comfort that we’ve come to know <br />There will always be light in destiny’s flow <br /> <br />Let’s roll <br /> <br />*From the book: Vapours of Promise, ©2004 - ISBN 1-59526-352-7<br /><br />Kelly Vinal<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/one-voice/
