She stands a witness to history's changes

And winces at corrupted exchanges

The howls of her children burn her ears

As liberty bursts into tears

Unable to fight back; unable to save

A forlorn mother unable to pave

A way to soothe her children's pain

Those whom are shackled in the chain

of mistakes, of regrets, and of ignorance

The mother keeps weeping; mourning the innocence

of justice, of peace, and of tolerance

but she knows, she does, through the haze

That this is just another phase

of humanity's folly to incorporate rights 

and they'll know their mistake once they've reached the heights