‘Dried up Well’

48 years has gone by after the passing of Martin Luther King
He said “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are we doing for others?’
Long life was what he would have wanted to have
But most importantly, the people was he willing to serve
Although his life on earth was not one of longevity
He still managed to have a life full of positivity.
With his famous words ‘we shall overcome’
Let me ask you this,
What shall we overcome?
What have we overcome?
What are we overcoming?
The dream that was birth out of his burning zeal and hope
One of a glorious trail and glittering pavements that we had hopes to walk down on.
Defying the odds of being different, one that the world should have seen.
Still yet, we sit and wait for the dream to fulfill itself without toiling for it.
All men should be equal.
Yes, we believe in such philosophy
Trying to make our voices loud, making everything seem more clearly
Black
White
Both Male and Female.
Equal rights.
We are imprisoned by our fears so we dare not confront it
Rather we choose to sweep it under the carpet.
Out of sight, out of mind. We say
But let’s solve this tricky question of A plus B
Equality is a far cry from us
Written love letters left at sea
Bounding ourselves in chains and shackles that we have been free from
Our mental power imprisoned and limited
Black is less
Black is powerless
But black is also flesh
For Black is priceless
Endowed with the physical attributes to build up our towers of hope
Demolish these walls of barriers and limitation
Why should we try to take up a way we have been banished from?
Tie ourselves with whips that we have been lashed with?
And say those words we have been cursed with?
We follow the wind that blows to and fro
Not rooted with our ancestry lineage
Oh child, have you lost mind?
Please excuse me while my caustic words set fire to our despicable ways of ciphering the answers to our problems.
When we haven’t really looked through the reflecting cheval glass
Playing a game of hit and run, wars becoming the casual occurrences of our daily lives
Our ears being feed with more bad than good.
Circulating faster than the speed of light
Have you heard what happened?
Lest we forget
This fleeting pleasure is only for a short while.
Help is no more rendered
Racial division creeps up on us faster than ever
And we are branded and tagged according to our skin tone
What happened to
I’m Black
I’m African
We are Humans
No discrimination or segregation as the dream foretold
Not allowing our selfish nature that we assume is part of being human.
The dream will only be a dream if we refuse to take actions and turn a blind eye to the dying soul.
While we at it, let’s steer down the road of freedom and acceptance, despite the geographical birth place or pigment of a person.
For with one mind and soul, we will overcome and make this dream a reality.