LET'S CELEBRATE!!

In celebration of Black History Month, I would like to give a shout out to men of color who have made an idelible mark on our nation and the world.  Men who have been courageous, confident, victorious, intelligent, articulate, and who have beat the odds despite pitfalls, road blocks, snares, and oppression.  So, to black men in our nation and all over the world, I salute you, honor you, and celebrate the day you were born!

BLACK MAN

I LOVE THE ONE CALLED BLACK MAN

A PRECIOUS GEM IN ALL THE EARTH

RESILIENT, STRONG, COURAGEOUS

SOME HAVE DEVALUED HIS WORTH

I LOVE THE ONE CALLED BLACK MAN

FROM THE BOSOM OF THE LORD HE HAS COME

TESTED AND TRIED STRIPPED OF HIS PRIDE

A REFLECTION OF THE GLORIOUS ONE

I LOVE THE ONE CALLED BLACK MAN

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD HE HAS MADE

INVENTIONS, SERVICE, SCIENCE, THE ARTS

OPEN DOORS FOR OTHERS HE'S PAVED

I LOVE THE ONE CALLED BLACK MAN

FROM THE THROWS OF ADVERSITY HE'LL ARISE

SHACKLES OF SLAVERY, BONDAGE, DEGRADATION

AND THE OPPRESSIVE GRIP OF APARTHIED

I LOVE THE ONE CALLED BLACK MAN

HE PRESSES IN PURSUIT OF THE PRIZE

HE'LL DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM

HIS VISION SET FAR BEYOND THE SKIES

I LOVE THE ONE CALLED BLACK MAN

HE KNOWS HE'S BORN TO BE FREE

FROM BIRTH TO THE GRAVE

A PACT HE HAS MADE

CLAIMING LIFE, LOVE, AND LIBERTY

I LOVE THE ONE CALLED BLACK  MAN

FOR HE'LL RISE FROM THE WOUNDS OF THE PAST

WITH TEARS IN HIS EYES AND A CRY IN HIS HEART

THANK GOD ABOVE  I'M FREE, FREE AT LAST

BY  MARILYN M. GORDON

COPYRIGHTED 2006

(IT IS MY PERSONAL BELIEF  THAT WE SHOULD CELEBRATE EACH OTHER  AND EMBRACE OUR DIFFERENCES DESPITE  RACE, CULTURE, OR CREED.)