Brave

They silenced the poets with ink-stained hands

Buried their voices beneath the sands

A novel's weight could crack the state

So words were chained and truth met fate

Melodies outlawed, too wild to tame

Strummed in whispers, denied a name

A canvas of protest, the colors screamed

But the frame was shattered before it dreamed

So, raise a toast to the banned and the brave

The stories they told, the songs they gave

Through sacrifice, their light still streams