I sing those who have not surrendered yet
The rebels and the renegades out there
The stubborn and recalcitrant and strong
Out finding their meaning and purpose where
They give all they have to go all the way
Who risk it all yet who do not regret
The struggle against that which is not fair
Toward the dream of dawning a better day
Even though the struggle is hard and long
Even though it might cost them everything
Everything is nothing to those not free
The rebels and the renegades I sing
I sing them near and far met and unmet
The people who are rising everywhere
I sing as a revolutionary
Who knows our revolution is made of
People who are empowered by the love
Of people who have not surrendered yet
The rebels and the renegades out there
A further collection of poems, many from years in the Middle East, but also the California San Francisco and Central Coast areas (Santa Cruz, Carmel, Big Sur, Berkeley, etc.).
Cheers,
Dan