woke up this morning to find that Sister Coretta Scott King had crossed-over in her sleep last night. yep she's 'gone home' & hard as i try, i just cannot seem to summon up any sadness.
it's not because i don't understand how much she'll be missed & what we are losing. i understand fully & even have to stop for a moment to realize that most likely in my life, there will come a time when all those who knew Dr. King personally & all the civil rights leaders who changed life as we know it, will have passed on.
i understand too that her children have lost a Mother & for that i am sorry.
BUT did she not complete her work? she carried the work on in the most stoic & respectable of manners. a young woman left with a heavy charge & she carried it! BRILLIANTLY!
the selfless me feels happy for Sister Coretta. she can rest now. maybe even get some comforting & lovin' from Martin! shoot maybe she can enjoy a lightweight laugh or inconsequential joke without the world trying to scrutinize it now. she deserves it.
BUT the selfish me can't help but think what will we do when all the freedom-fighters & remnants of freedom-fighters cease to exist? what will happen to 'The Cause'? is there one now or will there ever be again a 'cause'? will there be new freedom-fighters who take up the charge to move the collective forward?
yep, can't help but wonder who i would be had they never existed & who our children will be when they no longer cease to exist.
just pondering... have we finished OUR work?
peace & OM!
mechie
isn't our work on going?
Where we just finish pieces and pass along the baton?
You are making me think mechie... as always and that's a brilliant thing.
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see soul... for me... if i am being honest i don't know if my work has been going on. yes, i am helpful to the folks in my circle, but is that enough? yep, i teach lil j about the fight for freedom but is that enough? i don't know. i don't think so. there is a grumbling in me that tells me it is not enough. that said... i gotta listen to my 'soul' & get my tail to work!:)
Posted by: soul | 02 February 2006 at 09:03 AM
we're NO WHERE NEAR finished. *sigh*
|-------mechie says-------|
ms. c... me thinks you are correct!
Posted by: courtney | 04 February 2006 at 12:49 AM
"...what will we do when all the freedom-fighters & remnants of freedom-fighters cease to exist?" I worry about this too, sometimes. I wonder who can ever fill the gap of these amazing beings. And the answer I arrive at is No One and All of Us.
We all just have to be dedicated to picking up the baton and carrying it in our own way.
Posted by: mahala | 09 February 2006 at 11:16 PM