Violently shaking the leaves
portend their end, the trees will 
lose to the winds of future winter.

Violently we too will be shaken, 
challenging our resolve, and the reasoned
may lose to the winds of the extreme.

A coming  winter of brutal coldness
and harshness, these changes will be
unfair and deadly to the unfortunate.

We are destined to see these things,
as the powerful take dry weaken leaves
and build a fire to keep themselves warm.

But have faith for a spring of hope
where we are awakened to fight
for our right to grow and prosper.

And in the end we’ll sweep away winter
along with the ashes of fascism, as once before,
replacing it with a new summer of freedom.