MOONLIGHT
[A Poem Celebrating Citizen King Day, 2015]
The light seen from the moon is not its own
A dead world shining in the night
Cold, indifferent without the heat of love
Divine order establishing its right
A Georgia boy, a colored man to some
Proclaiming gospel truth received
Igniting hearts and minds, a soul
To liberate the ones deceived
Many curse him still for being flesh
Mere mortal, just another coon
Fleeing from the hounds having his scent
Condemned, revealed, betrayed by the full moon
Because the many stars are not enough
Until they focus beaming over all
The stripes of hatred, poverty and war
Are felt by true men great and small
A nation without light to guide the world
A flag stained with the blood of innocents
A sign promising tomorrow will be soon
The blessing comes because the land repents
His doctrine may not have been his own
Neither the spirit putting forth its might
Buddha? Gandhi? Nehru? Or Jesus Christ?
A manifesting of Eternal Light
The victory of Selma shines today
where streets of Ferguson now gleam in blood
The lives of children may never be our prey
or shackled marchers tramping through the mud
Immigrant youth, black teens, and those suspect
Regarded as “the problem” and “the least”
Are no less due freedom, law, and our respect
For theirs is not the nature of the beasts
It is the life for creatures of the night
To live by noose, evasion, knife, and gun
To quench the flames of brotherhood and trust
The healing light provided through the sun
Beneath Diana’s light, sport reigns supreme
And graven images are hailed unseen
The lunatics prevail. Yet by the King’s great work
We know the color for all lawns is green.
Suffering done in silence done
Creation words that made a thunder sound
Let there be light, diversity, and unity
The rainbow of the Maker’s common ground
The sweet sonata must not be dismissed
Ignored, manna rejected, heaven’s dew
The callings of our duty, righteousness
Let them awake and fall afresh on you
©Michael Andrew Williams, 2015. All rights reserved worldwide.
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