university days now seem a blur..
"we shall overcome. we shall overcome"
american boys lives taken, in swampy far off places
naked, children, burning, run down dirt roads.
close to home, blacks' heads are bashed
in hate and ignorance.
with long hair and innocence we sing
"where have all the flowers gone? "
"little boxes, little boxes, they all get put in little boxes."
and yet,
children swirl around in joy and innocence
"all around the kitchen cockadoodledoodledo"
and now
my two year old grandson
hurls his tiny self into music
"may we be forever young."
we say goodbye knowing your words
"To my old brown earth
And my old blue sky
I'll now give these last few molecules
of "I"
And you who sing
And you who stand nearby
I do charge you not to cry
Guard well our human chain
Watch well you keep it strong
As long as sun will shine
And this our home
Keep pure and sweet and green
For now I'm yours
And you are also
Mine"
"To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven
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