Poem on human rights

By: Anonymous, choosing to not be identified because of the family's visa situation

First they came for a man who preached hate and violence
and sent him away to be tortured
and I did not speak out – because I am not a terrorist

Then they came for the working poor who fell in love with a foreigner
and left British children with only a Skype Mummy and a tablet called Da-Da
and I did not speak out – because I was lucky, my wife had a visa

Then they came for those who spoke out
and locked a Welsh Man’s wife in a high security prison for a week after she spoke to the BBC
and I did not speak out – because I was scared

All this they did while complaining about how the need to respect our basic Human Rights made it difficult

Now they are coming for the only independent judges who can provide rules to protect us
and asking us to let them do whatever they want to us in the future

it is time to speak out – before there is no one left