#pubdate 2012-10-06 11:15:07 -0700 #title In memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. #author Federico Arcos #SORTauthors Federico Arcos #SORTtopics poetry #source sent by friend of author #date April 6, 1968 #notes from Momentos, 1976 #lang en You knew Yes, you knew it. You knew that death stalked you. You knew it with certainty. Your black brothers knew it and your white brothers knew it. We all knew that you were going to leave us, your life cut short, suddenly, violently, with that swift, cruel, inhuman impact that has abruptly ended so many lives. Today you leave us orphaned of your words, of your apostolic presence, and your prophetic vision. America is orphaned. What a grief! What a grief, America! What a grief! What a grief oh World! But all Mankind cannot lose your soul because you have blessed us with the best of your essence. Yes, human feelings could not survive without this inheritance you have bequeathed us.