WHY WE BOW

Downcast head, forlorn faces, limp shoulder

That is the rag we wear daily

Our duty is to give of our blood, share of our strength

 Show no tiredness in the eye of our dictators

The present call us cowards, the drivers- fools, the hopeless- courageous. 

Time will define different, circumstances will label as it pleases.

History will choose good or bad.

Yet, we know why we bow

We bow, so our children don't face the bully of tyrants

We bow, so the evil in the eye of our slavers don't make us like them

We live with the pain of bowed head, so someday our kids can raise theirs up

Maybe you think we are cowed

Maybe you feel we are down

We fall so our offspring can rise

That our knees be bruised for the legs to run

Our faces be downcast to enliven their dreams

Our shoulders limp for their proud gait to soar

We shine the light amidst the dark

Our crushed spirit, their boisterous world

To hold in pain while they climb

To sky beyond the reach of men

We bow, so we may live in them.