Ode to Leonard Peltier

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May Jack R. Coler and Ronald A. Williams rest in peace. Their families bear the burden of lives cut short, may the powers that be have mercy on the family of Leonard.

Ode to Leonard Peltier

Beneath the shadow of iron bars,
Where the spirit cannot be confined,
Lives a song of freedom, bold and bright,
An anthem born of steadfast mind.

Leonard, your name resounds like thunder,
Across the hills and plains you guard.
A sentinel for those forgotten,
A beacon where the night is hard.

For justice stands not in silenced halls,
But rises where the truth prevails,
Against the tides of doubt and fear,
Through storms of prejudice and betrayal.

Your chains may bind your flesh to stone,
But your heart beats wild, a sacred drum.
It echoes through the reservations,
Where hope and courage still come from.

Freedom, you cry, is not a gift,
It is a birthright, long denied.
It is the voice of rivers running,
The wind that howls, the eagle’s glide.

O children of this ancient land,
Remember Leonard’s steadfast flame.
For he reminds us all to rise,
And dare to fight in freedom’s name.

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