A child born
in the aftermath of war,
her rebellious eyes
so wild with wise words
with ink not blood
her writing ignored.
While the blood soaked Stasi
crushed the thinking herd,
with pacts with dollars
a line to freedoms end,
so martyred with her words
she had forewarned.
A window of such choice
the bullet or the ink from a pen,
an accidental terrorist was born.
MJ DUGGAN.
