RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: WORLD DEMOCRACY
Tears for Vietnam
Woe to thee Vietnam
Who fought for freedom hard and long
To falter now in hypocrisy
A failure of democracy
The world must now remind
You dissent is not a crime
Speaking out is an obligation
When injustice poisons the nation
The fight for freedom will go on
From sunset through the dawn
The march for justice never ends
Gathering allies collecting friends
As long as courts abuse their power
Righteous dissidents will not cower
But stand to speak their minds
The rights of humankind
Cannot be jailed
But will prevail
In time
(December 2021: The People’s Court sentences
Pham Doan Trang to nine years in prison for
Speaking out against the state.)
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