Now that we have gotten the crowds gathered,
We can start the fires within our hearts
For a proud people that has been battered.
This is the way a revolution starts,
Not with terror, guns or an explosion,
But with a single match and a gesture
That demonstrates to them our frustration
Over our culture held in indenture.
I do not believe it to be too rash
That what I will leave as inspiration
Will be my bones and a pile of ash,
And the knowledge that I freed a nation.
You can bring your armies, and your big tanks,
We won’t ever be a part of your ranks.
John Collings 