Oppression is
A river dammed
Who's water
Seek freedom.
Too long
We have accepted
America's Apartheid
As the norm.
Based on
Economic religious
And political dogma
Encouraging intolerance
And ignorance.
On August 28, 1963
One of the last century's
Greatest speech for freedom
Struck a blow
Against this state.
As Rev Martin Luther King Jr
Delivered "I Have A Dream" speech
Before the Lincoln Memorial
During the "March on Washington
For Jobs and Freedom."
All people benefit
And not
Just a select few.
Want to say
Rev King's words
Destroyed this
Repression.
Unleashing
A tsunami of liberties
Displacing this brackish waters
That America drowns in.
Sadly
Breaches been repaired
Building ever higher.
Entrapping
Even greater population
Seeking the "promised land"
Rev King spoke of.
Finding a blighted
Drought stricken land
Instead.
As Americans
Celebrate Martin Luther King Day
On January 20, 2020.
Therisa © 2020
Author’s note: Written for Earthweal’s weekly prompt: Water.
