January 25

I’m sorry Sibelius, I cannot help it.
Your rousing protest against Russia
Helped secure freedom for Finland.
Here, now, in present time,
Our freedom becomes enslaved
To those very things, those lies
Those deceits, those corruptions,
You freed your Finland from.
I listen now to your Finlandia
And look around for something
Here in America that might rouse
Us from our sleep of indifference.
Some voice, some sound, some
Music to set us free again. 
I’m listening but hear nothing.