Let Freedom Rain

This is a piece I wrote on election night 2008. A client of mine has a 16x20 frame of this piece hanging up in her foyer to keep her inspired. Be blessed and let's stand behind our President!

Let Freedom Rain

History is HIS-STORY

God’s breath that created everything we see

Obama said you want to be on the right side of history

And be a leader by showing your people what you’ve built and not what you can destroy

Dr. King said he wants his children to live in a country

Where they are judged on the content of their character and not the complexion of their skin

Now is the time for change

No more time for affliction nor pain

Hatred has overcome our world

Blanketing miles of cities, states and nations

Time to take action

Grasping our heritage

And what love is left

Are we going to lead our children into a life of mass destruction?

Or step back and start the process of reconstruction

We have too many foes called

Demoralization, racism, classism

All alive and known to well

Babies are having babies

Dropping out of school

Unemployment lines wrapped around the corner

People were given pink slips and given the boot like they were somebody’s fool

What are we to do?

Take back our children

Learn a new trade

Start a new business, fulfill your dreams and not let them fade away

March with our fists raised in the air

Demonstrating to those worldwide that we do care

Revitalize our neighborhoods

Take the broken rocks and pebbles that represent what we’ve been through to rebuild

Our communities

Reestablish dignity

Everlasting fight for freedom

Let it rain…let freedom rain

Of debt collectors, bad financial decisions and savings down to zero

Let the rain wash all of that away as we reeducate ourselves to do better

Smoothing out the path for future generations

Rain pour on us to unite what was once divided

Nations in this together and not against one another

Free from those slave masters currently wanting to see us in fear

Terror

Torrential down pour as I watch the tsunami take place in my life

Instead of it doing damage

It has left my self esteem, internal being pure and whole

Freedom has rained on us

New leader, new vision in sight

I can see now…following his footsteps

As he is following those who came before him

The Martins, Malcolm’s, Medgar’s, Shirley’s, Harriets and all

Pour on me a freedom

An experience that I have never imagined

Freedom rain….on me

Written By

Serena T. Wills

Copyright Serena Wills 2008