Hello everyone,
“Hate destroys the hater as well as the hated.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
As post offices and schools shut down this Monday, let us all reflect on the wonderful work accomplished by MLK and other fighting heroes. As a black woman, I am overwhelmingly grateful for those whose shoulders I stand on. People like Martin Luther King Jr. did not just change the quality of life for a race but defied stereotypes, fought with truth, and overcame with determination.
This poem below honors him and those who stood beside him.
Kings’ and Queens’ Shoulders
How do we honor men fallen but yet
Heroes forevermore
Forever with places on the
Calendar and in books
The special circumstances
The special lives
Taken away
But not before they made
The earth a moving ground
A place hosting their
Presence
Never forgotten
Death doesn’t remove memory
Who knew a message so simple
Yet made in all elegance
Was the making of a movement
Yes, there are graves, statues, and sepulchers
But a teen and a working woman saying, “No” arose a nation
Some befuddled but a race ready to rise
A preacher in a country where
Churches are more common
Than fast food and bus stops
Told the world the hated had
To love
College kids made bar stools
Statements of transformation
Yet even these men and women
Stand on shoulder
Harriet Tubman before Claudette Colvin
We honor the “dreamer” on this
Cold January dad
Yet he could not be the Nobel Prize winner
A common man who met presidents
If his truth wasn’t believed
So do not tell me that you and
I
Cannot honor those
As I stand on their foundation
For King
Was not the first
Nor the last
And most importantly
He did not stand alone
Stand on King’s shoulders?
Willingly I do
Proudly I thank the Maker
In heaven for that man’s message
His message, their message
Now my wings
Not only let us stand
But soar
But fly
~ Kenedy M.
All images courtesy of Google images.
A Happy Landing 
🤌🤌🤌 🤌 (I hope those are snapping fingers.) Beautiful word, Kennedy.
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