To a special prisoner
You Inspire Me
I don't need to mention names
You know who you are
On top one minute, doing what you do so well
Then knocked down and shut away
Unseen but not forgotten
Still fighting with dignity day after day
Not even bemoaning your fate
Taking whatever opportunity life affords
To continue the struggle
Still planning creative strategies to make change happen
Undeterred by the oppression of centuries
The lowest of the low in some eyes
The highest of the high in mine.