To the Memory of Leon Trotsky

Submitted by dalcassian on 28 February, 2013 - 12:01

Never, since history began,
Was such a struggle waged by man,
Nor so much won as in the span
He fought.

A tortured world of misery
Writhed round him; scourged with calumy
To liberate humanity
He fought.

Against innumerable odds,
Deep disillusionment, the squads
Of fascists, and the labor frauds.
He fought.

The rampant chauvinistic flood
Stained not hi* banner with its mud;
To keep it red as workers* blood
He fought.

His struggle stamps the finest page
In labors glorious heritage;
Foremost of Marx's lineage
He fought.

And we, through him who bathed in day
Our eyes, and steeled our red array,
Shall triumph, if we fight the way
He fought.

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