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No More Martys
– Written in Washingtob DC in 1986
We,
in our quest for freedom
have produced more than
our share of martyrs.
We have written their names
on placards
composed poetry and music
in their honour,
worn T-shirts with their pictures
and their names
and regarded them highly
as our fallen heroes.
in our quest for freedom
have produced more than
our share of martyrs.
We have written their names
on placards
composed poetry and music
in their honour,
worn T-shirts with their pictures
and their names
and regarded them highly
as our fallen heroes.
We need no more martyrs now:
We need heroes who will live
and challenge the enemy
yet give him no chance
to destroy them.
We need heroes
who will prepare our people
for the ineluctable repossession
of our land
and the responsibility that goes with it –
for if we all become martyrs,
who will lead the people
when that inevitable time comes?