I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE STORY OF A NEW WORK OF ART (A SCULPTURE) IN BOSTON; A HIGHLIGHT OF THIS YEAR’S (2023) MLK CELEBRATION. I WAS SO MOVED BY THIS EVENT AND IT’S SIGNIFICANCE, THAT WHEN I CAUGHT WIND OF IT, I WROTE THIS SONG AND SANG IT INTO THE CAMERA ON THE SPOT AT 10:50 AM EST. JAN. 14, 2023. “THE EMBRACE”, A BRONZE SCULPTURE BY HANK WILLIS THOMAS, THAT HONORS DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND CORETTA SCOTT KING, WAS UNVEILED AT THE BOSTON COMMON ON JAN. 13, 2023. THE SCULPTURE, FUNDED BY THE NON PROFIT “EMBRACE BOSTON”, IS BASED ON A 1964 PHOTO OF MARTIN AND CORETTA JOYFULLY EMBRACING AFTER MLK WON THE ’64 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. THE SURFACE AROUND THE SCULPTURE SHOWS THE NAMES OF 65 PEOPLE FROM THE BOSTON AREA WHO FOUGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS. OF COURSE MY SONG , LIKE THE SCULPTURE, IS CALLED “THE EMBRACE”. I PRAY WE LIVE OUT MARTIN AND CORETTA’S MESSAGE. IN PEACE, A