Suu Kyi’s international life and beliefs attest
To her Buddhist values – truth and loving kindness,*
Denouncing Burma’s – Myanmar’s – military leads
Who profited on drugs, corruption and greed.
The people saw those lies but were powerless,
Thousands driven in massacres – to death, no less.
Her father, advocating democracy, was assassinated.
She grew up in India and the UK. Years later, buoyed
By skill and strength, she founded the NLD,
Burma’s National League for Democracy.
She won . . . then lost the Presidency –
When the junta captured and literally silenced her voice.
Years later, she led the nation – briefly,
Rank with despotism and belligerent militarism, chiefly.
June Edvenson 