Our Friday

Marching down the sideway

When chanting that Friday

I saw the light in your eye

I trembled, joining your cry

My soul humming

My heart drumming

That we are we and we are one

From Johannesburg to London

We are standing in unison

From the streets and schools of Stockholm

We all rise to defend our home

Since we are we and we are one

Brave enough to dream of tomorrow

Conquering anger, fear and sorrow

We face the unfaceable

And move the unmoveable

‘Cause we are we and we are one.

Booed and derided,

But never defeated,

We hope to choose

A future without violence

And choose to hope

The victory of sentience

Yes, we are we and we are one

Days and decades washed away

I still recall our first Friday

In a gentle embrace

More hungry than ever

My fingers decipher

The furrows of your face

We never thought this day would arrive

When we can watch our children thrive

When we can celebrate life’s rebirth

And harvest joy on a healed earth

At last, we are we and we are one

We are we and we are one

We are we and we are one

Sources: I borrowed the sentence we are we and we are one from the song Humee Hum Brahm Hum as recorded by Kevin James; Pix from alamy.com