Equality Poem MMP 11.02.2020/2

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you declare you see me dimly

through a glass that will not shine

though I stand before you boldly

trim in rank and marking time

equality

I will be free

equality

I will be free

You do own to hear me faintly

as a whisper out of range

while my drums beat out the message

and the rhythms never change

equality

I will be free

equality

I will be free

You announce my ways are wanton

that I fly from man to man

but if I'm just a shadow to you

could you ever understand

equality

I will be free

equality

I will be free

We have lived a painful history

we know the shameful past

but I keep on marching forward

and you keep on coming last

equality

I will be free

equality

I will be free

Take the blinders from your vision

take the padding from your ears

and confess you've heard me crying

and admit you've seen my tears

equality

I will be free

equality

I will be free

Hear the tempo so compelling

hear the blood throb through my veins

Yes, my drums are beating nightly

and the rhythms never change

equality

I will be free

equality

I will be free