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OF AN EBONY HUED MID-SUMMER NIGHT DREAM (Apropos of We Kings, Queens, and The Fiery Furnace)

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Indeed, this is a day the Lord has made:-

Considering last night’s revelation dreaming,

Waking up into this day the Lord has made,

I must enjoy and be glad for being still vertical.

 

Although “The Great Dream” may have been deferred,

Indeed, it has not been forgotten and deterred.

Oh, they may have murdered its dreamer, but

His and our liberation dream is immortal:-

 

Looking out over the horizon of our challenged life,

It is realized that we Exodus people have come a long way;

Survivors of the blood-stained shadows of horrific death:-

And we have come this far on the sojourn by faith.

 

Yes, we have come this far by an inherent faith--continuing 

To maintain and sustain us in the present perils of our lives:-

And as African-Americans, surviving in this deemed “promise land”,

We’ve had and continue to have a special kind of relationship with God.

 

During our living experiences here during and after debilitating slavery,

We’ve seen, heard, felt, and responded to the Word of God in ways that

Are unique to us as an African people of God; for indeed, as chosen ones,

We’ve always been able to sing and praise God in truth and in holy spirits.

 

Reflecting on the truth of ourstory, it is realized that we are of a people

Whom many would have expected to have stopped singing and praying

A long time ago; yet, from generation to generation, we’ve just kept on

Singing and praising and trusting in the love of God and His redemption.

 

Indeed, sacred revelations continue to bring us from extermination

To exaltation, from degradation of dignity, from nobody to somebody;

With wide wondering eyes on the prize, we continue to sojourn onward

For our eyes have seen His glory as we have continued marching in His truth.

 

Indeed, we not only believe but know that in the savior’s favor

Life is and while our perils may endure here a little while longer,

We know that a liberating joyful stay here on earth is on the horizon

Promised by that very present help to those who live in good trouble;

 

Thus, let us not be exhausted nor deterred by the ghost tyranny

But with undying faith and spiritual strength, let us victoriously

Demonstrate that we are not of the children of Sisyphus’ fate;

But living reflections of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego:-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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