Egyptians Chant Bloody Freedom

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Egyptians Chant Bloody Freedom

By Genevieve Cora Fraser

Another day of rage

Freedom of expression

Explodes as pro and anti forces

Battle in Cairo square

As millions march to freedom

Peacefully

By horse and camel Mubarak

Supporter thugs gallop in

Strike fear, panic, whip and lash

Strike out charge

The revolutionary gathering

The rising tide of freedom

Pro-democracy seekers

Demand regime change

Chant freedom demand retribution

As the wounded are dragged away

The capital ablaze with passion

Molotov cocktails arc and daze

Left and right across Liberty

Square secret police forces

Mob rule on peaceful protests

Pro-government collaborators

Incite mayhem enforce past practices

Torture a tyrant’s tool 

Despotic controls rule push

Past the barricaded revolutionary

Doctors, farmers, students, shop keepers

Demand the end of tyranny

Create a make-shift holding cell

But cannot contain the evil 

Decades of repression

Pro-democracy heads bashed in

Stones fly, metal pipes

Sticks wound gunfire erupts

Tanks set-up positions

On the bridge military sentries

Wait as eye witnesses recap

Reports of shots in the head

The dead

Blood shed

Twitter Facebook

Feed hungry crowds

Muslim and Christian

Equals Egypt

As the total blackout

Blocking access lifts

Reveals a somber reality

Known by all

Mubarak is history

Waiting to be writ