Against Bridge Burners

So much terror I have seen

Fought endless years for their revenge

Now I know this struggle ended nowhere

I am remembering with shame

I feel my time has come to fight for understanding

I'm not defeated, I am not beaten

Throw into the darkest dungeon, I pay for my forgiving thoughts

They may preach about the same convictions

But they will distort these high ideals

No ferocity will unsettle my beliefs

I am not taken by the enemy

Mechanisms of stagnation

As agitators rule the land

They want to make us live in fear

Yet all they get are unshed tears

They want to make us live in fear

Locked up in gloom for years

Try to silence my voice, but I am not beaten!

No brutality will unsettle my beliefs

I am not taken by their felony

Mechanisms of stagnation

As agitators rule the land

And a thousand miles away from home, I meet my expelled brothers

Captured in a secret prison, isolation, regression, indignity for years

No atrocity will unsettle my beliefs

I am not taken by this agony

Mechanisms of stagnation

As agitators rule the land