Poems By Author: Renee’ Drummond-Brown

Rutha’s Freedom Still Dreams!

By: Author: Renee’ Drummond-Brown

“If the Son therefore shall make you free,

ye shall be free indeed.”

(John 8: 36 KJV)

Rutha,

those songs

motivated the marchers

to march on

with a King,

But we shall overcome

someday

‘STILL’

needs to be ‘sung’.

Or

has we shall overcome;

come and gone?

Just ‘Sing’ Freedom Singer,

 Just

‘Sang’ on,

for all

wrongs!

  

…So ‘SANG’ on

Ms. Rutha Mae

as if it’s

the last song.

…Dance

like David danced

with all your might.

Your chorus

rings out

for those of us

who are frighten.

Your melody

is in tune

with none other

than the Triune.

Your Godly chant

stops Satan’s

unwanted blues.

Your hymns

teach us

of

the Father’s

Good (Infallible) News.

Your track record

is impeccable

with ballads

to choose.

And with

God before your solo-

we simply

can’t lose.

  

…So ‘SANG’ on

Ms. Rutha Mae

as if,

it’s the last song,

…and then

dance

the dance of David,

 while ‘You’ long

for ‘our’ dreams

of freedom,

within

those songs!

Rutha,

You smelled freedom in the 60’s,

You tasted it in the 70’s,

You touched it in the 80’s,

You saw it in the 90’s

You ‘sang’ about it in the 2000’s

…and ‘I hear’ in ‘2017’…

…just like David’s Psalms;

Rutha’s Freedom

Still Dreams on…

  

I love you Ms. Rutha Mae Harris.

FOREVER ‘YOUR’ Pittsburgh Author: Renee’ B. Drummond-Brown

Dedicated to: Songbird/Activist, Ms. Rutha Mae Harris,

Original Freedom Singer of the Civil Rights Movement

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE!

MS. RUTHA MAE HARRIS

By: Author Renee’ B. Drummond-Brown

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT (POEM)

                                                                             

Thank you concerning the Movement,

with your gift of songs,

Thank you for knowing and singing

“It Was the Blood” for me,

while being done wrong!

Thank you for singing about that “Old Time Religion”,

that we so longed!

Thank you for singing

“Before I’ll Be A Slave I’ll Be Buried In My Grave”

Thank you for singing

“Just A Little Walk With Thee”

while being brave,

Thank you for singing

“He’s got the Whole World in His Hands”

While Non Violence

was Dr. King’s message of the day!

Thank you for singing our way in,

and out of those jails,

Thank you for singing

“I’ve got Jesus and that’s enough”,

with no bail.

Thank you for singing:

“He’s so Real” in times,

when you were frail.

Thank you for singing

“We’ve Come This Far by Faith”

can’t turn around,

and we won’t go to Hell!

Thank you for singing

“Pass me not, O’Gentle Savior”,

and hear my humble cry,

Thank you for singing

“Somebody Prayed for me”

and told Satan GOOD-BYE!

Thank you for singing

“I won’t Complain”

which made our oppressors wonder why?

Thank you for singing

“Walk in the Light”

while always prepared to die!

Thank you for singing

“Precious Lord Take my Hand”

while you took that stance,

Thank you for singing

“How I Got Over”

while taking that chance,

Thank you for singing to kids

“I’ve Been In A Storm”

and “Respect Yourself” in advance,

Thank you for singing

“I’ve Got A Testimony” to President Barack Obama,

as you ‘RUTHA MAE HARRIS’,

do your Holy Ghost dance

(In Song)!

  

                                                                   Dedicated to:                                                     

Black, Brown, Red, Yellow, and White Men who bled and died

 For The Civil Rights Movement!

Published@ The Metro Gazette Publishing Company, Albany, GA.

All Rights Reserved@2015

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