Hear your rallying cry from across the globe,
Watching in anguish as your bravery unfolds
Thinking of her, decades ago,
Not much has changed, as you must know.
Take to the streets, risking years off your life.
Screaming and fighting for those without rights,
Bitter cold, rubber bullets, nothing will deter,
Your fervent need for your voice to be heard.
Suppression,
Repression,
Oppression,
Silence.
Any alternative? threatened with violence.
Courageous
Integrity,
Democratic
Power.
Believe it means everything that you won’t cower.
The world is watching you fight for a voice,
Fight for elections in which you have choice.
Fight for the people that came before you,
Fight so your children and theirs don’t have to.
This might not be the crack that destructs,
The forces you’re fighting, so deeply corrupt.
But the echo of your voice reverberates,
Carrying the weight of all that’s at stake.
-Amanda
