your silence
has sounded
louder
than the jabber
of politics
and the clang
of military power;
out of deep darkness
your little lamp has
shone
across the planet;
your stillness
has moved the world.
From the oration in honour of Aung San Suu Kyi when she received an honorary doctorate in Oxford, 20 June 2012. By Ailsa Holland.
Verbatim Poetry 