for Bahrain in your anxious hour

for Bahrain
by Phlipn Pagee

Oh Bahrain,
I spoke to the moon about you tonight
it bears my words of comfort
so in it’s rising it might tell
you are not alone

the moon did see me weep
at your time of trial
of loved ones caged
and pained and felled

yours the anxious hour
with too much to bear
the wondered prayer
how long will they stay silent
our pleas are day and night

silence hides their shame
others see too clear
it’s the end of times
of kings and tyrants
nations free must reign

still yours is the anxious hour
with too much to bear
a wondered prayer
for loved ones caged and pained
our pleas are day and night

the moon replied after I spoke
it told me as it comes around
it tells of revolution’s morning
it understands there’s too much to bear
it listens to all the wondered prayers
it knows the courage
of loved ones caged
and pained and felled

the moon replied after I spoke
these words you speak to comfort her
will be my light for her to see
she is not alone