"Selma Is Now"

 

 

"Selma isn’t just about commemorating our past ... Selma is now. “ President Obama

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I'd like to dedicate this free versa poem I wrote today to 50-th Anniversary of the march of the non violent peacefull civil rights movement lead by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. together with many, many others who joined him in Selma on Edmund Pettus Bridge on the 7 of March 1965. It is inspired by the speech of President Obama yesterday on the Pettus Bridge in Selma and his words that "Selma is now".


"Selma is now"

When you think about Selma,
Think about your children,
Think about your brothers,
Think about your sisters,
Think about your mothers, your fathers,
Aunts and uncles,
Friends,
Beaten to blood.
Think about their spirit,
Peaceful with a song echoing
Over the Pettus Bridge,
Wanting to overcome
Hate with love,
War with peace,
Coldness with a heartfelt song.
Think about them
And honor everyday.
Selma is now.
We are all Selma.
And in each other
We shall seek and find
Love and peace
With the song
Thats reaches the depth of the heart
And soul which never looses hope.
Selma is now.
We are all Selma.
Each others keepers,
Each others brothers,
Each others sisters,
Mothers and fathers,
Aunts and uncles,
Children and friends.
We shall be always connected
By love instead of hate,
By peace instead of war
And the soul and heart
Shall be filled
With a song,
Which sustains hope
That together
We shall overcome darkness
With the brightly shining through light.
Selma is now.
We are all Selma.