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by Leroy Moore/PNN - DAMO
One of Dr. King’s quotes hits home for me in his letter from a Birmingham jail "I have heard
the word "wait!’ It rings in ears of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This ‘Wait!’ has almost always meant Never!" As we celebrate Martin Luther King’s Birthday I like to ask you why are we waiting with my poem ...Why
Why
Why are we waiting?
Are we waiting because we’re scared?
Why are we scared?
We’ve been through so much!
Why do we keep quite?
Do we fear visibility?
Is isolation that comfortable?
Why are we waiting?
Can you answer me?
Things are already bad!
We’ve work to do but we wait
for somebody else to do the work!
We keep our anger bottle up!
Waiting for the anger to pass.
Why are we waiting?
Finally the truth is out in the open
but we still wait to see if the truth is safe and popular.
Why do we fear the truth?
Why tomorrow or later?
We can’t afford to wait!
Why do we play along with the game?
Are we looking out for only ourselves?
Is that raise more important than our brothers and sisters?
We wait for the New Year, birthdays and holidays
to change our ways, but in reality we are waiting for a change.
Thinking time will change things without lifting a finger.
Why we do not take action?
Are we waiting for politicians, organizations?
or the media to give us the answers?
I don’t understand and you don’t understand
why I’m not waiting.
We’ve work to do, so lets do it!
Intimidation, fear and competition keep us from action!
MLK Jr. wrote, Why We Can’t Wait
He gave the reasons
Why? Why? Why? Why?
Today we know why!
No more waiting and no more whys!
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