When children still
Say “Not you,
You are not welcome”
We have not come so
Far
When the President says:
“Go back, we don’t want you,
All our criminals are black”
We have not come so
Far
When the proud hero of
Wakanda cannot make his
Way to the multiplex
To stand tall in the young
Dreams of boys and girls
Without hate and disdain
We have not come so
Far
Fifty years ago still beats
Alive and well today.