Prisoner Of Conscience Poem by Richard Wlodarski

Vanunu, Morocco mourns and cries out your name
As you cry yourself to sleep in that cold dungeon
Which is neither fit for man nor animal
A cage that robs you of your dignity

Vanunu, you are own flesh and blood
A loved brother of humanity
A native son of Morocco
And adopted son of Israel

Vanunu, you are the naïve politically active student
Who believes in equal rights for his brothers and sisters
The disillusioned soul who once lost his way
And prayed to God and found his way back again

Vanunu, you are a simple man with a far too complex plan
You are an enemy of The State- -International Hero
One who has shown courage and self-sacrifice
Disarming his own freedom for his conscience

Vanunu, you have awakened the world to the terror that exists within
Your own eyes have witnessed the nuclear bombs and weapons of mass destruction
And rather than to hide under the pitiful blanket of secrecy
You searched your conscience and found the morally correct road for Israel