To Freedom

 

A toast to freedom, it was said

of that, they thought would come no harm

but wrong were they, as we have read

of the Portuguese police’s heavy arm

 

One day a man read in the news

‘bout these kids who were in prison

this did not, the man amuse

and inside the man, a fire was risen

 

He wrote an article, this man did

“The Forgotten Prisoners” it was called

it called on readers to write to rid

the world of abuses so appalled

 

This movement you are part of now

from one man sprang forth, so broad its scope

its members, so numerous can now allow

to place in the darkest corners, the flame of hope

 

With us you’ll find it’s not a bore

defending human rights, but be sure to spare

a thought for those whom the candle burns for

the one’s we missed, now in God’s care

 

So, remember this my friend

the reason that we gather here

is not just to achieve an end

but to journey rightly too, with cheer

 

In brutal strife

your sword and shield shall be

belief in life

and human dignity