Living the Dream

I decided that this week for the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I would write a poem. I'm not a professional, so keep that in mind. Feel free to criticize (however constructive criticism is always appreciated most).


I don't care that you don't.
I do right cause you won't.
You may do whatever you can,
But I aspire to be the better man.
I remain humble as I reach success,
And don't allow failure to get me depressed.
I fight for my knowledge by the day,
And fight for the right to say what I say.
I hear the mumbles at times about what I lack,
But don't think anyone is at a disadvantage because they're black.
There's the misconception that it means a higher vertical and lower grades,
But just know, black men and women have taken the bar and now it's raised.
So don't be amazed,
The trail is blazed,
Though sometimes we're still hazed,
We won't let it make us crazed.
I live the Dream to be a sportscaster, to be specific.
Just know that he affected us all from the Atlantic to Pacific.
White, yellow, brown, red, green and black,
He certainly laid down the track.
And before I go, I must say one more thing,
Happy birthday to THE Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King.