posted by Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur: Carl Wendell Hines wrote this poem in 1965 after assassination of Malcolm X is also used in context of Martin Luther King’s assassination in 1968 and it can be applied to all Martyrs and is a reminder to those who follow or praise those Martyrs in our case the Baloch Martyrs need to go beyond just remembering and praising them. Now that he is safely dead, Let us Praise him. Now that he is safely dead, Let us Praise him. Build monuments to his glory. Sing Hosannas to his name. Dead men make such convenient Heroes. They cannot rise to challenge the images We would fashion from their Lives. It is easier to build monuments Than to make a better world. So now that he is safely dead, We, with eased consciences, will Teach our children that he was a great man, Knowing that the cause for which he Lived is still a cause And the dream for which he died Is still a dream.
Posted on: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 08:01:32 +0000
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