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Little Rock Community
I watch as you walk the tightrope
To the pearly gates of education
Feeling the pricks of its distressed state
Through your bottomless shoes,
In every step you take
The booming crowds
Hawking distasteful obscenities and compounded slurs
I feel them too,
Applauding your emotionless faces.
You are the silver lining to the clouds of dust
That my exhausted school books spit
And the gritty carpet squares on which we used to sit.
Shared books and cubby spaces
Made us believe that school was not our place
In their tapestry of deception
This is the day of breaking unjust boundaries,
An action long overdue
And as you shatter those walls
We stand here, alongside you
Your bravery is recognized,
As your undaunted steps draw close to those doors
This time, you are not taking “no” for an answer
They will not deny you like before
Whoever knew a good book and quality education
Would cause so much bitterness and distress
That would enrage a whole nation
And we stand alongside you
Indifferent to their efforts to see us fail
As we lay down our foundation
I stand alongside you, though I watch from afar
They stand beside you,
Only assigned as your guards
We stand alongside you,
Heavy in our hearts
We stand alongside you,
Distance does not mean we’re apart
What you do today
With this opportunity
Will stamp our country’s history
The many others like me who stand alongside you
Take a crucial step in creating a culture of community
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