Martin Luther King Jr.
By Paul Davis
Soul force
Over physical force
Dignity and discipline
Tackling the injustices
Of bigotry and racism
Tirelessly defending the oppressed
Striving for equality and freedom
Settling for nothing less
Continually giving your all and best
Prayerfully and prophetically
You were divinely blessed
To confront social unrest
Within the black community
Manifest the Negro revolution
A coalition of conscience
Mobilizing numerous protests
Pioneering countless advancements
Birthing a civil rights movement
Affirmative action
By vocalizing your dissatisfaction
With the status quo
Places blacks weren’t allowed to go
Designated places to sit on buses
Segregated public schools and bathrooms
White slave master violence mushroomed
Lynching was the norm
Yet you arose with a fury
Like a God sent storm
Declaring righteousness
Revisiting precious values
Rediscovering moral foundations
From which America had departed
Segregation the adultery of illicit intercourse
Between injustice and immorality
Sadly however most were content
To dwell with it quietly
Like an unchecked cancer gone ugly
Leaving evil alive
Confusing the true with the false
America had given blacks
An uncashed check
The Declaration of Independence
Was without complete enforcement
The bank of justice
Was bankrupt
Brutal treatment
Still existed
Like quicksand
Racial injustice persisted
It was then Dr. King boldly arose
Confronting gross darkness
With God’s sovereign light
To fight the good fight
To make all wrongs right
Laying aside comfort and convenience
Preferring to awake national awareness
Though your challenge brought controversy
All progress is precarious
As the solution to one problem
Brings you face to face with another
In the midst of such struggles
Came forth your sisters and brothers
Transforming neighborhoods
Into brotherhoods
Rejecting revenge, aggression, and retaliation
Holding fast to love’s eternal foundation
Unarmed truth and unconditional love
Marched on
Freedom was spoken and heard in song
A shining star
Martin you burned on
Declaring mankind’s inalienable rights
With all authority
To bring about liberty
Where the battle rages
The loyalty of the soldier
Is tested and proved
Creative extremism
To awake misguided men
Guiding missiles
To civilization’s abrupt end
The time is always right
To do the right thing
He who condones evil
Is guilty like the perpetrator of it
He who remains silent
Endorses those who are violent
Sincere ignorance
And conscientious stupidity
Equally ensure continuous hostility
Self-consumption and worldly cares
Have dulled our national conscience
To the extent we personally don’t care
Insufficient in moral fortitude
We erode from within
Polluted by selfishness and sin
Raising the standard
Was the work of Martin
Speaking the truth in Christ
Without lies or spin
Despite arrests, abuse and bombings
You kept coming back for more
Opening freedom’s door
Setting free a generation
From racial segregation
Bringing about social reformation
And setting the table for unification
Repositioning the focus
Dr. King you did help us
To love ourselves and others
To ask hard questions
And respond with heart answers
Paving a path
To the Promised Land
Where black and white children
Can happily hold hands
Knowing one another
By the content of their character
Rather than the color of their skin
Liberation
First comes from within
Dr. King you did triumphantly win
Equality for all mankind
A glorious emancipation.
Paul met and spoke with Bernice King, the daughter of Dr King, in California when she was ministering at his home church.
Paul Davis is a problem solver, creative consultant, change master, life coach (relational & professional), and minister.
Paul is the author of several books including Breakthrough for a Broken Heart; and God vs. Religion. Paul is a popular worldwide keynote speaker, mediator, and liberator.
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