Our martyr
When the people
Have won a victory
whether small
or big
do you have wonder
at the moment
where the martyrs
would be?
they who sacrificed
themselves
to bring to life
something unknown
though nonetheless precious
than their blood.
I like to think of them
hovering over us
wherever we have gathered
to weep and to rejoice,
smiling and laughing
actually slapping each other's palms
in glee,
their blood has dried
and become rose petals.
what you feel brushing your cheek
is not only your tears
but these.
MARTYRS never regret
what they have done
having done it.
Amazing too
they never frown
it is all so mysterious
the way they remain
above us
beside us
within us,
how they beam
a human sunrise
and are so proud.
By: Alice Walker
