Justice Delayed

For a quarter of a hundred years We waited hidden. Others losing heart. We listened blending Others died. We listened motionless We learnt all there is and more Till our hairs greyed and fell We waited invisible. Living among spiders. Then the forth came, Chosen, The boy Gave us a fighting chance Giving us, The only hope we had He saw the road Turned us into hungry lions, launched An irresistible pride unto ourselves, And wise humility.