Step Up

Step Up

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

                                                               Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The first step

was to remain

seated and not

take a step

back in the bus.

The first step

was toward

a lunch counter

or into a school.

The first step

was to act

no matter how

real the threat

nor how near.

Who will keep

the faith and

take the next step?

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They Stood with Him

They Stood with Him

Those who were used

to standing on stage

now stood on streets

and marched.

The issues were

too important 

not to take part.

The freedom to:

eat anywhere

stay anywhere

live anywhere

play anywhere.

The ability to

walk in the front door or

sit in the audience

wherever you chose.

To be heard by

black and white alike

during the same shows.

They stood with him

until the day he died.

Then, they mourned and cried.

They didn’t have to ask why.

They remembered him

in prayer and song.

They remembered him

as they carried on.

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