new intentions roared in

new intentions roared in,
an unlikely, youthful axiom has just come to power,
lifting some of the conservative rightwing-bloc-style
restrictions on political freedom, their country
teemed with excitement as the government ended
press censorship and broached democratic reforms

it is a fantastic time to be a live,
in a nation where nothing was possible,
everything is possible now

still, in the interview, he was emphatically
clear about what hope and change had meant to him,
his grand mother brought him up to tell the truth,
to tell the truth meant to tell her what he thought

for me there’s only respect for the soldiers, i feel
for them because I know they are not responsible,
the politicians are the ones that bear the guilt

i could hear the radio in Spanish,
saying that everyone was happy,
in the new city,
that he had arrived triumphantly