WHERE WILL WE BE?

Publisher's Note: The following poem was graciously provided to The Carolina Scoop by the author, Earline Foster-Smith of Lincolnton. Smith read the poem during the 2009 Martin Luther King Jr. ceremony on the courtsquare in Lincolnton.

We sing the song, "We Shall Overcome."
Some even chant, "We Have Arrived."
Well, I beg to differ with due respect
We're not even in over drive.....

We sing our songs
And talk the talk
But how many of us
Truly walk the walk....
As Martin said, "We have a dream......"
Don't sit and relax as we travel upstream.

Let's ban together
to keep hope alive
Martin did, and he did
it with pride.....

And on our journey
our final whistle stop
Guess where we will be?
On the mountain top!