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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Note: This was another classroom assignment for English. Had to write a poem following a certain style about a historic hero. The person I chose was, obviously, Martin Luther King, Jr.

I see the injustice around me,
The overwhelming brutality sickens me,
I see the young and the old alike, in pain,
I feel the agony of the water lashing my back as theirs,
I am part of them, I am protesting with them.

They come at me with sticks and clubs, I will not be moved,
They hound me as they would the brutes of the land, I shall not be shaken,
They turn loose the dogs and break out the horses, I will survive,
I will fight for my people until the earth consumes me back,
I am the people, and they are me.

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