Freedom you must be lonesome
My heart cries for you tonight
You've lost you champion
Today is not the day to choose a new one
Let's celebrate the freedom fighter
That sacrificed his freedom for yours.
Freedom let's use his words
For they are your truth:
"They braved the brutality of the regime
Regardless of what happened to themselves
For liberation they were prepared
To pay the highest price."*
He certainly did.
" The purpose of freedom
Is to create it for others."**
He did and can rest in peace.
Freedom your call is heard tonight.
* from the unpublished sequel to his autobiography, written on Robben Island , 1975
** prison desk calendar , written on Robben Island , 2June1979
Lucette C. Bailliet ©
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