Nobody Wants To Be A Martyr (14/30)

Enough of the talk of freedom &
Truth unless you are willing to
Have your life poured out into
The streets and your body beat
Into an unrecognizable pulp;
Enough of the pandering speech
About your beliefs and a better
World unless you are willing to be
Tortured or your body perforated
With the opposition of force to
Silence your voice and end your
Vision of securing a brighter
Tomorrow in the dark face of
Those who both fear and hate
The light; indeed it is true that
Few are they that have found
The will to reveal the reason
That they live life with zeal &
Even fewer are they who are
Willing to give their last breath
For something beyond the flesh
That can bring them to the very
Step of the prospect of death.