An ode for Martin Luther King Jr. and Barrack Obama

An ode for Martin Luther King Jr. and Barrack Obama

(An adaptation of Martin Luther King Jr. Speech ‘I have a dream!’)

Fifty or so years ago
A great American proclaimed ‘I have a dream!’
Fifty or so years now
The Negro is seeing that dream unfold
Streaming like a vast ocean to quench an island of poverty

The Negro send their son
Barrack Obama
To cash a check in Washington
Of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
He has returned with the American Dream
For the vaults of prosperity and justice
Is now abundant with opportunity


The promises of democracy is now real

We’ve risen from the dark and desolate valley of segregation
Now seated on the sunlit path of racial justice
Like all children of God

But
The struggle is not wholly over

We have to stick to the solid rock of brotherhood
Till every Negro is truly free
We have to forge ahead with dignity and discipline
Till the Negro is saved from the slums and ghettos
Of our cities

Let us not rest till prosperity roll down like waters

Though from the hills and mountaintops
The dream is now unfolding

Michelle Obama
Descendant of a slave
Entertains in White House
The children
Of former slave owners

The dream is unfolding before us

Sasha and Malia are judged not
By their skin color
But by the content of their character

Freedom has rung at last

Freedom has rung in Alabama
Freedom has rung in Georgia
Freedom has rung in California

Freedom has rung in America


I hear our children singing:

Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!