In the dusk of this long struggle for equality, we’ve lost our way to the mountaintop
of Dr. King’s dreams of a promise land

justice rooted in peace
liberation of our minds and bodies freedom to be whole
love to be our philosophy of being human, being human and free

for love is being
for love is justice
for love is peace
for love is liberation

“injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”

50 years later
we are still fumbling
in the shadow of your dreams

we live in times of endless wars
cycles of poverty and senseless violence
slow devastation of our humanity and this planet
the pursuit of profit over our labored breath

50 years later
we remember
we honor
we give thanks

to those who fought and died
to those who organized
to those whose voices and faces
we may never know

to those in battle
on the front lines and side lines
to the women in the movement
we are still waiting, wanting your stories

to those whose lives were deemed not respectable
enough to be on the front lines
we are still waiting, wanting your stories

we know you
we know you
yet and still…we don’t know your stories
and the many others like you

for love is being
for love is justice
for love is peace
for love is liberation