Martin Luther King Jr.

A great man day is on 16 January. Please think of him this day. A man who wanted equality and peace. We need men like him today.

   

                              We shall over come.

I'm a old man now. I remember my Grandfather took me to a big gathering in Detroit. So many people were around me. I was a small child holding my grandfather's hand. He was a Mexican American and he told me. Martin Luther King Jr. is here. Remember John. Freedom cost a lot. I remember hearing a voice of thunder. He made the people cheer with joy and hope. I remember my father and grandfather cries when he was murdered. I cries with them.

To maintain equality. A never ending battle. All of us must demand equal rights for all.

Racism is a sickness.  Racism spread quickly and can cause great hate and separation. We must stop the disease quickly and ensure we lead with concern, kindness and love. Hateful men want us to have separation. We must remember Martin Luther King Jr.  We must be one in hope, one in love and one in stopping the men who love war over peace.

           

January 16th is Martin Luther King day. Spread his words and his dream. I wish I got to know you Martin Luther King Jr.

                                   John Castellenas/ Coyote

Author's Note

For Martin Luther King Jr. day.

Reviews

[Ken Simm.]

“Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer, Essays and Aphorisms
This is happening now. The following is not.
“Quote words that affirm
all men and women are your
brothers and sisters.”
― Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams
These and yours say it better than I ever could.

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree Ken. Martin Luther King Jr. was part of my life. My Mexican/Ojibwa father wasn't allowed in my Mother's grandparent house. Racism is so far away and today racism is being forced upon us. Don't damn the Arab people for the action of a few. Don't hate cops because the action of a few. Thank you Ken for reading and the comment.

[Ken Simm.]

The first Shopenhauer quote is happening in both our countries. And from the very top. When the most powerful practice outright racism then we have a duty as poets and artists to say not in my name.

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree my friend.

[Jon Roggie]

One thing I still find odd. I shared the birthday. My best friend was born a year before on the day he was murdered.

[Sapientiam]

Racsim is like a plaguing entity that can deprive one's soul of any goodness. I'm sincerely grateful for a man like him to have existed and make the impact he instilled into the world. To this day, race equality is still an issue. As a society, we have a long way to go, but I'm glad Martin Luther King Jr. could influence others effectively and pave the way for others to rise. Thanks for sharing this!

[Coyote Poetry]

You are right. I like how you defined racism. Thank you for reading and the comment.

[unfathomd]

We shall overcome. We shall overcome. Deep in my heart I do believe we shall overcome. And I believe it because somehow the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.

We shall overcome because Carlyle is right; no lie can live forever.

We shall overcome because William Cullen Bryant is right; truth crushed to earth will rise again.

We shall overcome because James Russell Lowell is right

Truth forever on the scaffold,
Wrong forever on the throne.
Yet that scaffold sways the future,
And behind the dim unknown
Standeth God, within the shadow,
Keeping watch above His own.

I remember listening to this speech on youtube, We need more men like him.

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree my friend. Today we need men like him. To teach words of love and forgiveness. Thank you for reading and the comment.