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Manifesto: Gandhi Spirit

first they ignore you,

so you raise your voice!

unyielding words, like scalpels

incise through the cozy veil of

ill gained shields of oblivion

raise your hand with unsplintered pestles

and grind your will in liberty mortars

mix it well and make them swallow

a bitter medicine that cures their blind.

then they ridicule you,

you smile,

the ripple has bored

through waxen ears

sweet tunes of freedom

now dance in the air

play your flutes with skill

play them loud and incessantly

till the last of the rats

are drawn out

are cast out

their plague purged and wiped clean.

then they fight you,

you smother that fire

and knock off their matchsticks

their brute, deflected with

steady poise

'timeouts' for the guilty

in grown up cells

tantrums stopped, lost toys found

remotes pried stealthily from childish hands

predators become prey

as balance is regained, sanity found

exhumation of justice

helps humanity resuscitate

to live, to laugh, to grow

and let natures heal.

then you win,

their yokes broken

the hypnosed awaken

nations reborn

from a turbulent gestation

a putrid afterbirth of prejudice

fascism and exploitation

buried six feet deep

in a determination sealed casket

lessons learned,

and for generations

will be well remembered

that tyranny will be washed out by

resilient waves of a conscientious jury.