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John Fitzgerald Kennedy and John Lennon Filled the world with hope and good intentions, Each made us believe in world solutions. John Lennnon was loving, John Kennedy was caring. Legends in their own time, international celebrities, To help us break out of our prisons They were taken away to heaven. Tip your hat to our tragic martyrs And ask yourself, what do they mean? In war against hatred, in battles with insanity, Take a deep sigh when you speak their names. Their deaths bring us the lessons of life's game. Bobby Kennedy and Bobby Sands, Both impassioned with human rights and equality of man. Bobby Kennedy died fighting for the rights of smallest citizens, Bobby Sands died for the noble cause of self determination. Bobby Kennedy gave his life though he had everything, Bobby Sands died for his fellows though he had nothing. We have been blessed by their brief presence. Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. led their people Out of self hate, self doubt, oppression, and darkness. Mohandas K. Gandhi and Dr. King were jailed For militant, nonviolent, civil disobedience. Gandhi and King held the revolutionary belief In the innate goodness of the individual in our species. They both had a dream of a world with dignity. Tip your hat to our tragic martyrs And ask yourself, what do they mean? In war against hatred, in battles with insanity, Take a deep sigh when you speak their names. Their deaths bring us the lessons of life's game. President Kennedy and rock artist Lennon Were mysteriously and sorrowfully slain On two altogether different cold winter days. Robert Kennedy and Reverend King Were assassinated one sad spring. Will revered martyrs keep reappearing In the wake of our beloved Jesus, Until, at last, we all grasp the message being sent us? back to Spirit and Poverty spiritandpoverty.com |