Clang!

 

Across the centuries

A clanging sound

The clang of a statue

As it falls to the ground

The clang of ideology

Toppling from its perch

The clang of the chains

And the swish of the birch

 

The clang of a bell

Ringing across the land

The clang of the people

As they make a stand

The clang of oppression

And the clang of the strange

And the clang of rebels

When they demand a change

 

The clang of the shackle

Falling from the wrist

The clang of discontent

And the right to resist

The clang of old slave traders

dragged into the sea

the clang of the hammer

breaking prisoners free

 

The clang resonates

The clang grows loud

The clang stands tall

The clang stands proud

It’s the sound of freedom

From the backbreaking yoke

It’s the clanging of a dream

Of which Doctor King spoke