Troy Davis Memorial Event

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• Roxanne Ivey

  September 12, 2012 (1:43 pm)

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  Although I cannot attend this event–I’ll be standing vigil in front of the Georgia State BPP and Capitol instead–I would like to share the following verse, composed using only the words from Troy’s last letter to me and performed during Amnesty International’s 2012 Georgia State Conference. It’s my attempt to show that TROY IS STILL SPEAKING, that his message is more alive than ever…

  THE TURNING
  ~ a poem both for and by Troy Davis,
  composed using only the words
  from his last letter to me ~

  In this world, each word is life—
  The heart of tomorrow
  Already touched with believing,
  The hope I pray
  To bless into being;

  For freedom keeps the page of change
  Filled with the “if” of God,
  Enough that you and I express
  What’s fighting to be Cause;

  So read this world, this poem, as life—
  As Troy, as family—
  And thank the better heart that wrote
  Each wanted word for me.

  ***
  Roxanne Ivey
  Poet for Positive Change
  http://www.linkedin.com/in/roxanneivey