(Paolo Paolino Guajajara – Brazil)
Standing tall with courage against the slash and burn
Of the bandits come to plunder, pillaging your home
Head out to fetch water, waiting killers hem you in
Five barking guns bring your resistance to and end
You’ve crossed the line
And now you are on your own
Encroached inside
The eradication zone
(Daphne Caruana Galizia – Malta)
Driving home, mid-afternoon,
the bomb blast rips your flesh
Your brave crusade has made you enemies and meant your death
The low life in high places can’t afford the truth be known
One more of our sentinels blown to bloody bones
You’ve crossed the line
And now you are on your own
Encroached inside
The eradication zone
(Avijit Roy – Bangladesh)
Unafraid to raise your voice confronting rabid creed
The weapon of the tyrants wielded by their zealous seed
A rickshaw ride, assassins pounce and close in for the kill
Machetes do their grisly work, another conscience stilled
You’ve crossed the line
And now you are on your own
Encroached inside
The eradication zone