I am human and I am proud Of what my brothers and sisters Have done to enrich the species. My brother Martin did so wellTo work for true equalityIn a world of separations. My sister Toni writes of theCommon humanity in usThat may bring us all together. My brother Ai Weiwei has doneWhat he can do and is strugglingTo light the torch of truth worldwide My sister Suu Kyi lived with hopeThat she would be free and walk tallAmon...
My heroes do not throw the javelin through space to land beyond the farthest line, nor do they race the country roads in record time, or lead their soldiers over battlefields and bring home bloody heads like cabbages, or do they stand on steps with voices that could wake the dead and promise they can make our pillows soft again. Not them. My heroes are the ones who plant their garlic for the coming year and make their com...
