A Moral Hub

 

A grievance beckons attention.

On Campus it ferments.

Voices of incipient protest.

A cry for action Now!

A wrong has been committed.

An injustice perpetrated.

Meetings called, the stage is set.

Committes formed.

Faculties informed.

A tented encampment built.

Slogans shouted and daubed on canvas.

Loudspeakers echo discontent

Calls for action promulgated.

A resistance movement formed.

Students join its ranks.

From all walks of life.

Faculty members rally in support.

United in determination.

To see wrongs put right.

The media arrive as do the Police.

The Protest is peaceful.

Its aims expressed.

Then the voices of intrasigence from all sides.

Stalemate is reached.

Shouts and squabbles break out.

Action demanded by all to disperse the mob.

Finally anger and violence.

Then the refusal to surrender.

Threats made to expel students.

Attempts to silence their voices.

They remain steadfast.

The moral hub has the high ground.

The world sees it.

All was not lost.

History will commend them.