For Michael Hickey Poem by Dave Alan Walker
For Michael Hickey
I heard the screams
Of what was told
The screams
Of a man
Who should
Have been free
They chained him
They beat him
But they
Could never defeat him
As he stands alone
On a rooftop of hope
His mother pleads
Please set my son free
Three months long
On a roof with no sun
Just the wind
And the snow
His mind and body broken
But a soul so strong
Years of his life taken
All from
When he was seventeen
How could
Any man go on
I heard the screams
Of what was told
The screams
Of a man
Who was set free
I like how the end of the poem mimics the beginning, it turns the poem into a story and a very complete one at that. It's also very powerful yet simply written. Great work.
Good lessons for politician....michael hicky is remembered in your poem again and again and with impressive lines....Truth speaks for itself it felt like..Wonderful!
an excellent poem... screams against injustice, as it should!
So far Ive read Family of Lies and For Micheal Hickey I thought they were great very deep
nice, I'm moved, i read some of your poems, some of it is about justice. this is great
nice, I'm moved, i read some of your poems, some of it is about justice. this is great
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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12/7/2025 7:05:39 PM # 1.0.0
Justice seems to disappear too often in this world. This is a beautiful tribute, may your words remain here, as a documentation of the struggles of a strong man.