Have you seen the wild men? The wild men who used to sing about revolution. Have you seen the wild women who danced to their songs? All this happiness and yet they were the ones who got caught Did you hear their begs and their screams? Now they sing a new song. They once sang about creating a new, better world. Now the song they sing is about never seeing the sun again. They sing in fear of flight.
Scarred as they are, they have learned to fly and they have learned to sing again. Never too quiet are their voices. They don't realize how late they are. It is too late for their revolution. They are grieved for they were the last hope. Their song, it goes on and on. It's unforgotten, carrying itself all the way
Heed my warning. Do not lose your voice. Go sing and bring back the lost revolution. Do not be gentle in your truths! Pour your heart and soul into that melody you create. You have the power. The power that can bring about a good and better world. Go, sing. Do not stop for night.
This is a golden shovel poem using a stanza from Dylan Thomas' Do Not Go Gentle Into That Goodnight