Last Post for King Day Celebration

Dr. Martin Luther King stated, "In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check."  When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

Through his sacrifices, Dr. King paved the way for us.  He laid the ground work for all the opportunities we now enjoy.   Yet, some of us are squandering those opportunities.  He placed money in your name long ago in the bank account of opportunity.  We can claim what so many never had the opportunity to claim.  For those opportunities, I say thank you Dr. King.   And I say thank you to all on whose backs we ride.

Oh What a Day It Will Be

Someday, the clouds of hate will roll away.

We will forget the hurts of our past

And be free at last.

There’ll be no suffering for anyone

No guns

Nor wars to fight.

We will walk in the light

One day sunny and fair,

We will get there.

Oh what a day it will be.

Oh what a day it will be.

Oh what a day it will be

For you and me.

All confusion, doubt and suspicions

Based on race will be erased.

We will put our differences aside

And walk together with pride.

 By and by

When the morning comes

There will be no tears to cry,

We will live as one

Darkness will no longer be our fate.

We will break all barriers of hate

 Someday,

Not far away,

As flags of peace begin to fly

We will lift our eyes to the sky

Can you feel it in the air?

We’re almost there.

Oh what a day it will be.

Oh what a day it will be.

For you on me.

Someday,

The clouds of hate will roll away.

We will forget the hurts of our past.                                    

And be free at last.

Love will rain

From every hillside and plain.

One day sunny and fair.

I know we will get there.

Oh what a day it will be.

Oh what a day it will be.

Oh what a day it will be

For you and me.

 There will be no suffering for anyone

No guns,

Or wars to fight.

We will finally get it right.

There will be no rivers of sorrow to sail.

Peace will prevail.

By and by, when the morning comes,

We will live as one

Darkness will no longer be our fate.

There will be no barriers of hate

 Someday, not far away,

As we lift our eyes to the sky,

The flags of peace will fly

The day we long to see

Will one day come to be.

Those of us who love and care

Know we will get there.

Oh what a day it will be.

Oh what a day it will be.

Oh what a day it will be.

For you and me.

copyright Patricia Newman-Harris