Message from a Cell Death

By Lynn Ockersz

‘Death couldn’t be proud’…

Nor could wily despots,

Maliciously gloat,

Over the cruel snuffing out,

Of a resplendent flame,

In a cold, Arctic cell,

Ironically in the land,

Of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky,

But this light heralds anew,

Evergreen political values,

Of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity,

Not omitting Human Dignity,

But his inspirational life,

Will speak to us down the ages,

Constantly reminding humans,

That the Sword of the tyrant,

Could never prevail,

Against an unyielding conscience…

That Socrates, the exemplary sage,

Will always upstage Machiavelli.