Prayer for America: I have a Dream, II

Peter Feinman
Posted 8/21/12

There is much that needs to be done

And even more that we can do.

We may fail; we have no guarantee of success

But a destiny awaits that only We the People can fulfill.

For as this …

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Prayer for America: I have a Dream, II

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There is much that needs to be done

And even more that we can do.

We may fail; we have no guarantee of success

But a destiny awaits that only We the People can fulfill.

For as this vibrant ball of blue sails the celestial void,

We stand on the shoulders of the giants of the past.

Their strength supports us.

Their vision guides us.

Their example inspires us.

Freedom’s torch has been passed anew

Testing whether any people so conceived and so dedicated

can long endure the terrible terrors that threaten our time.

We face this challenge to our future

Not in fear but with faith

Not in doubt but with determination

Not in confusion but with confidence

The light of liberty shines brightly,

A beacon of hope to those who cling fast to its ways.

The light of liberty shines brightly,

As last best hope of earth continues on its rendezvous

with destiny.

The light of liberty shines brightly,

As the multitudes who have become one in liberty

boldly go forth to build a better tomorrow.

The light of liberty shines brightly,

A ray of death to doers of evil who seek to validate

their passport to paradise through the massacre of

the innocent.

When the document that defines us is amended so more may participate, the journey continues.

Be the Dream!

When the opportunities for life, liberty, and the pursuit

of happiness are strengthened, the journey continues.

Be the Dream!

When we remember that the eyes of the world are upon

a city on a hill, the journey continues.

Be the Dream!

When a person becomes an American by Choice, the

journey continues.

Be the Dream!

In the millennia to come, when the sun still rises on the

glory of America,

When people note this time, this place, and this generation,

When the rebirth of Ground Zero has become a pilgrimage

point for the planet

People will say with quiet dignity and solemn pride as

we have in the past and do in the present about those

who met the challenges of their times, that

we saw wrong and tried to right it,

we saw suffering and tried to heal it,

we saw war and tried to end the need for it,

That we did not waiver, we did not tire, we did not

falter, we did not fail, and

That government of the people, by the people and for

the people did not perish from the earth.

That is my prayer for America.

Amen

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