the fountain pen held,
an eleven-year sentence
walled inside a walled nation.
born an elegant, timid goat,
your poetic quest
for freedom, democracy and human rights
yoked in the ox’s year.
your Charter for reform
may not see your time
but its voice will echo on
until your dream reveals.
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