Unjust Walls

No need for a clock when time means nothing
Hours,Days,Weeks the lengths are all the same on Robin Island
the only measurement is injustice which has been a while
these 4 walls have seen me age , my name  Mandela 

My walls are my home , but they are there to keep me in
My view is pleasing to the eye yet will not set me free
My crime to speak of freedom , my name Aung San Suu Kyi

My walls are made of wire I'm on a  Caribbean isle and over look a bay
My days are filled with cruelty and silence there's no escape for me
yet I can remember omaba say he would set me free
I go by many names but freedom stolen fits today .






comp entry 22022016
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016


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Date: 3/11/2016 10:20:00 AM
Stephen, Congratulations on your "4 walls" win.... Love LINDA
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Date: 3/11/2016 10:49:00 AM
thanks , bit of a topical poem :-)
Date: 3/11/2016 10:12:00 AM
thanks
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Date: 3/11/2016 10:50:00 AM
thank you for running the comp
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