Carry the Torch to Keep the Flame Alive

Carry The Torch  



For all the tears in China

the crimes behind its walls

for the right of human dignity

and every heart together we call -



Come carry the torch

let the truth shine far and wide

to light the darkest hour

to turn this silent tide.



Carry the torch to keep the flame alive...



For the promise of a brighter future

precious lives still to be saved

for the right of human liberty

with every heart together we say -



Come carry the torch

let the truth sound far and wide

to lift our voices loud

to turn this silent tide.



Come carry the torch

to turn this silent tide



Carry the torch to keep the flame alive.





The Flame    



We carry the flame

the torch of truth

for every heart to shine.

For the sanctity of life

and our humanity

freedom for all confined.



A light in the distance

another tide turning

the promise of brighter days.

From behind China's doors

a*'party' falling

its crimes and ruthless ways.



Where the world awakens

our rights reclaimed

new horizons, yours and mine.

We carry the flame

the torch of truth

for every heart to shine.





(These poems inspired by the "human
rights torch relay" - a global initiative to raise awareness of the
ongoing persecution against Falun Gong practitioners and other
prisoners of conscience in the  lead up to the 2008 Olympic Games).