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It was at that moment...

(Ben Heine Art) I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. __ Martin Luther King, Jr. It was at that moment that the poets observed the famished nation; a sight worth sharing, peace and brotherhood, the revolutionaries of mankind making their way, stepping to the dream of freedom. I read and now submit to you that, if a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live. Now spirit up your voice, poets! Remember your plea to the heavens, recall the days of sacrifice and chains, never let slip their lessons. We’ve heard them spoken time and again; words radiating a sky of courage, residing within the divine rights of all men; a hunger to be esteemed and always free. They cannot erase our fingerprints. They may shackle and beat o