Awaiting a Democratic China

Awaiting a Democratic China.

Last Will and Testament of a 15 Year old Boy on June 4th 1989. He mailed it to his family before his death in Tiananmen Square.

I hear the call of democracy, it is ringing in my mind.
I can feel the sparks of freedom, they are burning in my heart,
Like our thinkers in the past who dared to dream
I must follow their steps.
I too am prepared to bleed and I will give my life as they did.
For this, our beloved land.

The past is over.
After five thousand years of feudalism.
We must break out chains.
The past is finished.
After forty years of tyranny.
We must abandon our chains.
For this I have become a willing seed.

Goodbye forever, my mother, my country.
I shall go to plant democracy our beloved land.
Thank you for nourishing me,
For bringing me up
For making me what I am.
I give you my love, I leave you with my respect.

Goodbye forever, my mother, my country.
I have become a spark.
I am a fire-seed who shall go to ignite the light of freedom.
May it glow forever to reflect the virtue of my countrymen.

Goodbye forever, my mother, my country.

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Glutter is returning.

March 29th 2012