unjustly confined

                                                                                              Author Diego Delso  (1974–)                                    Image: Saigon River, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (here)

In the realm of courage, where dissent presides
A spirit arose, ascending undaunted in flight
Tran Duc Thach, a voice with unwavering might,
A poet, a scholar unperturbed, a beacon of light.

With his pen as a sword, he battled the pains
Fueled by a vision of will that justice sustains.
He dared to challenge the powers that be,
In pursuit of a land where all could be free.

Behind bars and walls, he was unjustly confined,
Even though his spirits may still be ill-defined

But for a poet's voice it is not easily suppressed,
It transcends the confines, it cannot be oppressed.

Paul at d'Verse Poetics-uncaging-the-poet/