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1. 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

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