Black
Wall
A peaceful march
‘I have a dream’
In Washington DC
What does it mean?
Hope for the future
A nation in doubt
In Dallas, Texas
Shots ring out
Black dog white cop
A church in flames
In Selma, Alabama
Nothing’s changed
Black Panthers roar
A country’s shame
In New York City
A leader is slain
Ten thousand more
troops
A limited war
In countless speeches
We’ve heard this before
Summer of love
Restlessness churns
Across America
Cities burn
Napalm rains
Children scream
In Memphis, Tennessee
The end of a dream
‘I will not run’
War escalates
In a LA hotel
Hope meets its fate
Police mobilize
Storm troopers marching
At a Chicago convention
The whole world is
watching
A solider dies
The boy next door
In the USA
A living room war
Draft cards afire
Lives on the line
At Tranquility Base
A step for mankind
Protesters unite
Answer the call
At an Ohio college
Four students fall
‘Bring the boys home’
‘What’s going on?’
In America’s conscience
The words of a song
Soldiers return
A mother’s sorrow
Trapped in a wheelchair
No hope for tomorrow
Fifty-eight thousand
dead
For our father’s sins
In the end
Nobody wins
Black Wall cries out
A generation turned
In Iran and Afghanistan
What lessons learned?
Raybrook,
New York
June,
2006
