Atlanta - A Poem by Dr. Alveda King

​In Atlanta – by Alveda King 10/13/2024

Atlanta shimmers in the moonlight.
Atlanta sparkles in the sunshine.
Home of invention. Bane of contention.
Center of mystery. Pillar of history.

Mecca to the lost. Magnet to the restless.
City on the hill. Bursting at the seams.
Still there’s room for dreams.
In the moonlight. In the sunshine. In Atlanta.

Atlanta. Find Atlanta.
In the sunshine. In the moonlight.
While many try. Reach for the sky.
Never capturing the mystery.
The history. The beauty. The duty. In a song.

Catch the dream. While fates collide.
Phoenix rising. In Atlanta.
In the sunshine. In the moonlight.
Butterfly and Moth whisper.
Touch the dream. Let freedom ring. Atlanta.

Illusive. Seclusive. Reclusive.
Hidden in plain sight. Try with all your might.
Don’t give up the fight. Claim it for your own.
Make the world your home. In Atlanta.

Love and hate arise.
Ebb and flowing with the tide.
Yet as faith and hope abide,
Love wins out in the end.
The dream is won again. In Atlanta