Suu Kyi ! Prison Walls Never Deterred !

Suu Kyi was honoured with a Nobel Peace Laureate,
Who opposed authoritarian rule,faced detention,
A simple Burmese woman of Myanmar,a true democrat,
Fifteen years of jail,a sad tale of the nation.

In traditional jacket with a flower in her hair,
When released people thronged to cheer and to chant,
She a symbol of democracy and unity,a metaphor fair,
The whole of Southeast Asian nation was much jubilant.

For the people of Myanmar,old Suu Kyi did represent,
Freedom,equality,fraternity,the jewels of a nation,
Peoples'cause made even Gandhi and Mandela to revolt,
When freedom won,they earned peoples' admiration.

Suu Kyi came out of the prison,she had emerged stronger,
The high walls of the prison could never,ever deter her.

Yesupatham Savarimuthu