RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: WORLD DEMOCRACY
Prisoner of Politics (Alexi Navalny)
Charged tried and convicted
Of daring to survive assassination
Charged tried and convicted
Of returning home to speak out
Charged tried and convicted
Of leading a movement for change
Suppression of dissent is not new
In Moscow or across the globe
What is new is the rising
Moscow Vladivostok and St. Petersburg
The rising of the people in protest
The rising in freezing weather
The rising against all odds
The rising against brutality
The rising against the lie
They cry out in unison: Let him go!
We cry out in return: Let him go!
The dictator should know better
You can imprison a man
But you cannot imprison an idea
You cannot lock away
The desire for freedom and truth
Self-expression and self-government
You cannot imprison a nation
You can poison a man
But you cannot kill a cause
Born in the heart of humanity
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