THE RIGHT TO VOTE

 

I hold my ballot in my shaking hand

And say to myself: this is cause and effect.

The opportunity is so grand

I have spent all my life to expect.

                  

You have lived in a free country,

Here you and your ancestors were born;

Your civil rights are numerous and sundry;

Please do feel pity for the forlorn.

                  

I had exercised my right to vote

In my native land’s first ever election:

Illiterates did not know what cadres wrote;

Bad factions led them to wrong direction.

                  

Wanting self-rule, people grew wiser;

The patriots just built a young nation.

But the invaders, however, were slyer:

Elections were only to shield usurpation.

                  

That is why I came to this world;

To become a proud citizen I strived.

Liberty in the starred banner unfurled;

Human rights by none to be deprived.