I agree
with an opinion
a great hope
for social
economic
justice
in America
was gunned down
with assassination
political
of Martin Luther
King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
who opposed war
in Viet Nam stating
'the promises
of the great society
have been shot down
on the battlefields of Viet Nam'
meaning planned
profit corporate pursuit
of a vast widened
war in Viet Nam had
'narrowed domestic
welfare programs,
making the poor, white
and Negro, bear the heaviest
burdens both at the front
and at home...'
Terence George Craddock believes
'If the promise
of social
and economic
justice
is to be attained
in America,
the time to struggle
and fight for social
and economic justice
is now, always now, not
delaying
for a more opportune
time and a more couragious
future genereation.
The promise lives
on, in all of us
who are prepared
to stand
up against those
who stole justice,
deliberately
without mercy
or the slightest
trace
of scrupples
in the first place.
Justice is only
as strong and as secure,
as each generation
prepared
to honour and fight
to uphold
and preserve justice.
We stand to be tested
in the crucible of integrity
now, always now.'
Copyright © Terence George Craddock
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Powerful meaningful message. Something really needs to be done somehow. I wonder though if we've missed the boat. We are currently in the iron grip of industrial imperialism and a bleak future of climatic changes and wars for resources ahead of us........10