The Lancean Specificity

Occupying Wall Street


Justice delayed but not denied
What was before no more because
We had to rise but how they tried
To stop the ninety-nine for one

When we forgot then or we thought
We did we hid our hope inside
But now that we remember we
Have never been we want to be
Whatever it means to be free

When it means everything to me
I too who have been pushed too far
I too then rise to my surprise
When history feels like a kiss
As we remember who we are
Who waited all our lives for this

And now that we remember how
And what and where we see us there
That we are why right here right now
Forgetting fear for now and here
The revolution has begun

Spring has come for us after all
And tonight it sleeps in the park
American spring in the fall
As hope keeps watch across the dark

+Steven Curtis Lance



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