Baby, we've come a long way <br />Long and hard have we fought to get where we are today <br />Ancestors sure would be proud I know that the dream of so <br /> many still lives on <br />Can't deny however, that there's still a lot of work yet to be <br /> done if we ever truely want to stand equal in their eyes <br />Kaught up so much in our own day to day busy lifes that <br /> sometimes without even meaning to we forget just how <br /> important it is that we still carry on the good fight <br />Hard for the younger ones to understand sometimes why <br /> we still fight againest the odds to raise above <br />Indeed it is true my brothers and sisters <br />Someday this much you can believe and hold onto dear <br />They will come to understand and someday stand with <br /> us to resist the stereotypes that comes all too easy with the <br /> color of our skin <br />Often even Mr. MLK must have sat and wondered if it <br /> truely was worth all the sacrifices that we've had to make <br /> over all these long, hard years <br />Running straight into the face of the forces againest us to <br /> come out on the other side someday as victors <br />You can rest assured my brothers and sisters that yes <br /> indeed it will happen <br />Maybe won't happen for a long, long time to come <br />One, two, or maybe even none of us will ever live to see the <br /> great fruits of our labor still we must.... <br />Never, never ever give up on our dream of a world without <br /> color or rage <br />Take under your wings those who do not yet understand <br /> and maybe someday just like we all have they will see the <br /> light of a... <br />Heavy darkness lifted at last to free us all to be one <br /> <br /> <br />Equal at last in both the eyes of God and man! <br /> <br /> <br />2007 Ramona Thompson<br /><br />Ramona Thompson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/black-history-month-3/
