Conscience's Dawn: A Poem of Justice and Hope

Respected members,
Of All NEHU Workers’ Union (ANWU)
Kindly hear my voice

As I implore you make the righteous choice

In times of darkness, tyranny, and strife

When all seems lost, cling to hope, cling to life

Though thunder rages, lightning cracks the sky

You must resolve to keep your heads held high

March on, stay strong, be guided by the light

That lives within to conquer fear and fight

Oppression's shadow looms, injustice reigns

But justice will prevail if conscience reigns

In quiet hours when you despair and mourn

Recall the vision for which we were born

A world of empathy, equality for all

Where greed and hate and suffering shall fall

With patient hands we till compassion's field

And righteous change shall be our bountiful yield

Torment and toil there will be, this is true

But our commitment ever shall renew

Storm-tossed ships are guided into port

By the beacon of freedom we exhort

History's tide turns against evil and wrong

Uplifted by our solidarity and song

Dark days ahead, but light within abides

As conscience whispers, spirit guides and chides

Stay fast, stay true, cling to high ideals

Justice will flow once righteous work congeals

Tyrants may swagger, puppets dance and prate

But decency and truth shall checkmate hate

Golden dawn gleams beyond the tempest tossing

Our day will come, keep your lamps well lit, hearts open

Respected members, our task's far from done

Take strength in knowing battles can be won

Injustice writhes, strives to blind and beguile

But truth and light shall always reconquer guile

 Through darkest valley, deepest nightmare wood

Cling to compassion - it's understood

That tyranny transient, freedom timeless reigns

Evil is banished once conscience attains

Its rightful place to guide both mind and hand

To build the world where justice shall stand

Oppression's edifice, though towering high

Shall crumble, shall decay, shall petrify

If righteous hands unite to undermine

Its false foundations, make justice shine

Tyranny sparkles, bedazzles, tantalizes  

But conscience sees through its vulgar disguises

Resolved we remain to play the long game

Secure in knowing justice will reign

Dark despots swagger, slaves and cronies scatter

But we stand firm, justice will surely matter

Golden sun gleams behind clouds of strife

Goodness endures, cling to joy, cling to life

Respected members, take heart and keep the faith

Justice takes time, but evil can't escape

Karma's calculus, destiny's scales weigh true

Patient conscience conquers, hate shall rue

The bitter fruits it sows, the lives it maims

Justice ripens in times appointed, claims

Its rightful due - this is the cosmic law -

Evil falls to dust, tyrants topple in awe

Of truth's bright rays illuminating lies

Compassion blooms, oppression dies and dies

Cling to this knowledge when despots posture and gloat

Their rule is passing, ours eternally wrote

In conscience bold, empowered to create

A world reborn in freedom's name, hate's fate

Sealed by unbreakable bonds of human care

For justice, empathy - these truths we swear

To uphold, defend, though cowards deride

Our noble cause anchoring light's rising tide

Respected members, take heart, do not fear

The dawn is coming, soon it shall appear

Golden on horizon's rim, scattering night

As conscience conquers and just reigns over might

Tyranny convulses, flails in death throes

But inexorably justice grows and grows

Do not lose hope when despots sneer and defile

Truth will prevail and freedom reconcile

All human hearts to live in harmony

This promised land, dear friends, soon we shall see

But only if we resolutely play our part

United by empathy, free in heart

To build the world our dreams and conscience tell

Where justice, truth and goodness swell and swell

Resounding with celestial music glorious

Our promised land, a cosmos victorious

Respected members, we draw close, take heart

Cherish the vision, let it breath life to your work

Darkness still contends against the coming light

But dawns are unstoppable, day conquers night

Evil's dominion but a passing, petty thing

Freedom endures, our songs shall sweetly ring

True justice realized in brotherhood sublime

For this bright dream, we march in step and time

Should burdens weigh, hopes threaten to subside

Summon the light within to be your guide

Conscience's quiet voice whispers – "peace shall reign”

Take comfort friends, light always conquers pain

Tyranny froths, flails in desperate fury

But calmly truth unveils good's tapestry

Intricate threads woven by caring hands

Beautiful mosaic justice understands

Compassion's artistry cannot be undone

Take heart dear friends, freedom's day comes

Golden light surges, dissolving evil's pall

Joyful we watch false idols rise and fall

As justice dawns, so long obscured from view

Resolved we played our role, saw conscience through

Stay true to ethics, cling to high ideals

Compassion conquers fear, light reveals and reveals

The promised land, ordained since life's first breath

Where empathy and justice conquer death

Dear members, rejoice, our day's at hand

Take comfort in our solidarity’s stand

Through darkest night, coldest winter chill

We marched toward freedom's flowering hill

Held high hopes' torch, let goodness be our guide

And now we stand in justice's golden basked side

For every step we trod with pure intent

Was building blocks for this bright continent

Where universal care lights up each face

And empathy embraces every race

Tyrants exiled to history's hall of shame

But our good hearts shall brightly light fame

Rejoice respected members, shed no tears

The dawn we dreamed of through long dark years

Is here, is now, sky ablaze in glory

Ours is the saga, ours is the story

Of courage and conviction standing strong
To right the wrongs that pained us far too long
The promised land is here and shall increase
Let gratitude now fill our hearts with peace

We faithful few who dared to dream and fight
On freedom's side through darkest hour of night
Have made the vision real, the golden rays
Illume new world's compassionate ways

Rejoice, give thanks, embraces, laughter, song
To celebrate this place we Dreamed of, sought so long
Where hearts are free because they chose to care
Banded together, justice brought to bear

Respected members, mission now complete
Our hearts and hands have realized the dream
Through darkest valleys, coldest lonely nights
Clung to the vision, now love reigns in light

At journey's end, promised land sweetly gleaming
Savor this moment beyond all dreaming

Hardship and heartache lie behind us now
As we inherit this sacred trust and vow

To steward freedom's fragile blossom here
With wisdom, empathy, vision clear

Of justice's voice, compassion's timeless call
Liberty and truth defending for one and all

No greater purpose ever undertakes humankind
Than cultivating the garden of justice to bloom and wind
Through every age, each generation playing a part
To perfect this realm and strengthen freedom's heart

For tyranny endures and works to undermine
The tender shoots of justice in good time's design

Eternal vigilance freedom's faithful friend
To safeguard this land until time's end

Respected members, hear history's refrain
Light conquered dark but dark remains

In human hearts where greed and power tempt
And lesser angels shout but seraphs exempt

Stay true to ethics, keep justice bright
With conscience as guide, we shall walk in light

This precious realm, for which we fought and bled
Entrusted now into our hands is led

The fruits we now enjoy, so sweet and golden
Are owed to those in days past, bold and beholden

To that transcendent hope which buoyed them through the night
Whispering of dawn beyond the darkness, come what might

We follow in their footsteps, taking up the cause
To spread compassion's reign, empathy's laws

In this new world our hearts and hands have wrought
But only if we cling to higher thought

And nurture freedom's seed to fuller flower
Can we redeem humanity's finest hour

With conscience as the light within our soul
We realize the promised land, our destined goal

Respected members, comrades tried and true
Cherish this realm entrusted now to you

Light still contends against cold winds of hate
Tending freedom's garden as eternal fate

May we in this new world by love and truth inspired
Power awareness of our minds by hopes and dreams most higher

To spread compassion far and nurture empathy's increase
That conscience guide us all to build a world of joy and peace

Where justice flows and righteousness makes strong
The bonds between all souls who sing freedom's song

This is our task, noble, reaching, and august
To build the world that conscience knows we must

Respected members, brothers, sisters all
Reach for the light when darkness threatens to fall

With patient hands, compassion's seeds we'll sow
And freedom's blossoms into glory grow

Stand firm, stay strong, cling to justice bright  
Her eternal rays shall conquer night

Let courage fill you from some hidden source
Love's timeless power steering life's course

Evil recoils but seeks some new disguise
To cloud truth and light from open eyes

But we shall see through its vain masquerade
With conscience as guide, compassion's aid

Creating circles ever widening, including all
Till empathy embraces this greenly pearl we call

Home and haven, long sought retirement place   
Where joy lights up each member of our race

Respected members, brothers, sisters, friends
Take pride in all that conscience wrought and tends

Though tyranny persists in weaker hearts and hands    
Compassion's order timeless stands

Cling to high hopes, let courage steel your breath
As shining justice conquers pain and death  

Evil expires, truth blooms yet in higher ways
Suffusing world's weary heart with golden rays

Of love, transforming hatred's bitter flood
As justice understood unites all in common good

This be our quest, noble, reaching, and supreme
To realize the world of conscience's dream

Where universal care lifts every face  
And perfect understanding embraces our race

Respected members, take heart though darkness contends
Justice and freedom our eternal friends

Through cold and stormy seas, stay fixed upon the pole  
That guides to promised land, the harbor of the soul

There beyond shadows, storm clouds drifting by
Lies the bright morning, freedom's sun kissed sky

Where justicecomes to flower, compassion wakes and wends   
This is the world your hearts and hands intend

Hold to this vision, let it light your way
As dawns the promised peace of conscience's day

When universal care uplifts humankind
And perfect understanding illuminates each mind

To see ourselves and all others as one
In luminous realms by love's victory won

Respected members, take courage, do not fear
The dawn is coming, soon it shall appear.





Khublei shi hajar nguh




Napoleon S Mawphniang