We Shall Overcome

Hand in hand

Is how we used to sing

The ‘hand In hand’ verse of

We Shall Overcome

Under the artificial stars

Generated by the battery powered turtle night light

In blue

Always blue

We would join our hands

For the whole verse

After which he would continue to hold my hand

While he asked whether this was indeed what hand in hand meant

He still asks the same question

Yesterday he asked

After he took my hand back in his

After having dripped it

In order to make a diamond shape

With both of his hands

Today he just asked

Tomorrow

We’ll still sing the song

But maybe we’ll go with the

I am not afraid verse