Solidarity

 

We are not the cry of the lone wolf

Penetrating the dead of the night

We are not the force of one

In this battle we fight

We are the thunder 

Rumbling across the sky

We are the quaking of the earth

Which refuses to die

We are the accumulated cries 

Of injustice in our land

We are the force of labor

Standing, hand in hand

 

We are northern and southern

We are from the east and the west

We are proud flag wavers 

And we bear our labor’s crest

We have shed our blood

And buried our fathers and sons 

We have stood for the fair and the right

Against the clubs and the guns

When I stand in your town hall

City council, House, or Senate 

I do not stand alone

There are millions you haven't met

 

We differ in religion,

Family, life, and love   

But we are all part of labor

A call instilled by God above

We are white and black  

And every race betwixt

We are male and female  

We are unified and mixed  

We are the strong

Standing for the weak  

We are the cry of victory  

Standing atop the mountain's peak 

 

America, We are your friend and neighbor  

We are your brother, sister, daughter, and son  

We will work and bleed and sweat  

And build this nation until we are done  

We are the thunder and the quake  

We are the voice of the one   

We are labor 

From the rising to the setting of our sun

 

We are one voice

Solidarity

 

© Ron Simpson, Jr.

Labor Day 2022