ROSA PARKS

ROSA PARKS




SHE STOOD UP BY SITTING DOWN
HERE I SIT
I CANNOT DO OTHERWISE
I AM A CHILD OF GOD
HE GIVES ME DIGNITY
HOW DARE
ANYONE
ORDER ME AROUND
LIKE A DOG

BUT THERE WERE THOSE WHO SAID
SISTER REMEMBER YOU PLACE
DON’T BE AN UPPITY NIGGER

FROM THE PULPIT THUNDERED
THEY SHALL BE HEWERS OF WOOD
THEY SHALL BE DRAWERS OF WATER
THEY SHOULD TURN THE OTHER CHEEK
THEY HAVE CHURCHES OF THEIR OWN
THEY DON’T BELONG HERE

NO MAN HAS THE RIGHT TO BE A VICTIM
TO BE TREATED LIKE A NON-PERSON
TO BE SPOKEN ABOUT
AS IF THEY WERE NOT THERE

SO I WILL TAKE MY STAND BY SITTING HERE
AKNOW THE LORD
WHO KNOWS OUR SITTING
AND OUR RISING
WOULD WANT ME
RIGHT WHERE I AM



FRANK A VOLLMER