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You held the blue line
while we watched speechless
as they stormed the hill
armed with trumped-up speeches;
cheap t-shirts, and false idles
while we wept at the stones
cast upon our founders
and the ones dressed in blue
we did hear the moans
as you broke the coup
with the crack of your bones
as you stood fast, for the truth
we all held our breath
as you choked on the mace
as they fouled the halls
of freedoms embrace
this hate-filled cabal
of righteous displace
but you… held the line
with your hearts and your lives
while our heads hung in resign
you kept the fragile dream alive
on that darkest of nights
your true courage shined
the light upon our hopes ballot
in that glorious capital shrine
that will now be forever cast
in the beauty of your hearts so pure
as a grateful nation basked
in the blue light of your truths endure
because you held the line
© 2021 Robert Trakofler
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