FLOWER BED OF HUMANITY

BLACK! BROWN!  LIGHT! WHITE!
PEACE! HOPE!  ENLIGHTENMENT!
THE PAST MADE RIGHT.
BLACK! BROWN! LIGHT! WHITE!

ONE AFTER THE OTHER
ECHOES RESOUND.
PROFOUND, POIGNANT, PROVACATIVE UTTERANCES.
BLACK! BROWN! LIGHT! WHITE!
PEACE, HOPE, ENLIGHTENMENT,
THE PAST MADE RIGHT.

INTELLECT:  POISE TO RECEIVE
CONSCIOUS:  DECIMATED BY THE MOMENT
INTELLECT:  “LET ME LISTEN!  I WANT TO HEAR!”

BLACK! BROWN! LIGHT! WHITE!
PEACE! HOPE! ENLIGHTENMENT!
THE PAST MADE RIGHT.

CONSCIOUS:  “AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO SEES!
                             AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO FEELS!
                             AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO SENSES
                             THE PRESENCE OF HIS SPIRIT,
                             HIS GLORY, HIS FACE!”

BLACK! BROWN! LIGHT! WHITE!
PEACE, HOPE, ENLIGHTENMENT,
THE PAST MADE RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR THE RAIN!
THANK YOU FOR THE PAIN!
THANK YOU FOR THE SORROW!
THANK YOU FOR THESE HUMBLE, MELODIC EXPRESSIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THIS PRECIOUS MOMENT.

BLACK! BROWN! LIGHT! WHITE!
PEACE! HOPE! ENIGHTENMENT!
THE PAST MADE RIGHT.

Ó 1997, MILTON GRAVES,  III