Enough! – a poem
Posted by John, November 2nd, 2017 - under Manus Island, Poems.
Enough!
The island is quiet, tonight
The overlord stalks the fence
Enforcing the peace that is not
Through water, food,
Electricity, and denial
Despair remains
And determination
To fight, to dream, to win
We see you from our balconies
Of love and fear
We are not there
But here
And nothing changes, yet
Gestapo memories arise
Of concentrating in the camps
The false enemy
It is not them who should be moved
But the tyrants
To another place
Of love, not hate
Can we remove these overlords,
The one percent of hordes?
Neither calls nor petitions
Will change their position
Only force, the force of us
The millions in the streets
Can stop the cruelty
And stop their system
Built on genocide
We cannot hide, anymore
Beat down the despots’ door
Enough, rise up
Against these criminals in suits
Enough, rise up
And reclaim the truth
Enough, rise up
And bring them here
John Passant 2 November 2017