Call for Awakening

Under China's Darkest Skies



I can't close my heart

I can't turn a blind eye

from a brutal persecution

under China's darkest skies.



Too many tears have fallen

too many precious lives betrayed

as the world watches in silence

while injustice finds another day.



I can't forsake my conscience

I can't condone the lies

such crimes against humanity

under China's darkest skies.





China (Come Awaken)



China, a sleeping giant

restless in its eleventh hour

a ‘party's' plague and poison

turning fruits once sweet to sour.



China, a falling tower

casting shadows under grey of sky

a reign where no rhyme nor reason

hearts ever colder by the world it defies.



China, a tiger untamed

should freedom of word beware

a predator's pride and prey

finding no life beyond its lair.



China, a land be trodden

stumbling with no rule of law

a truth told in tragedy

China, come awaken from behind your walls!