He glimpses light beyond steel bars
With no end date in sight,
Still fights to overcome the scourge
Of Putin's murd'rous might.
And now with charges falsely laid,
He faces still more years:
A score within a colony
Midst evil, callous jeers.
Confined inside his solitude,
Yet still he will insist:
"Fear not for me for I have will,
It's you who must resist."
A charismatic man of truth,
He's fought against the state -
Revealing deep corruption mired
In scandal, greed and hate.
And, when his threat became too great,
The world would be in shock
When killers nearly took his life
With deadly Novichok.
But he survived through fortitude
And, rather than refrain,
He ventured back on Russian soil
To fight his cause again.
He knew the risk but took the chance,
Was captured straightaway
And 'Stalinesque' his lot would be
A jail term, come what may!
Despite all this, his spirit's strong,
He's kept his voice alive,
Midst monstrous acts to quell his truth,
He's battled fate with drive.
His shackles won't restrain him now,
His fearlessness is key.
He tells the people "follow me
And you too will be free."
And I'm reminded of the words
Once versed in bygone age -
"Stone walls do not a prison make
Nor iron bars a cage."*
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