They march uptown for to reclaim the night <br />Carrying lighted candles and small battery hand lights <br />Their peaceful protest for basic human right <br />And in solidarity you will find much might. <br /> <br />They march for women house bound after dark <br />Who after sundown shun the street and park <br />Who bolt their doors a shield against their fear <br />The fear of danger to them ever near. <br /> <br />They march for women for a crime free life <br />For the rape victim and the battered wife <br />And for women wronged by men in every way <br />Such cases as we read of every day. <br /> <br />When Emily Pankhurst at Epsom race track died <br />Her sacrifice for women World wide <br />From there the fight for women's rights began <br />For all those suffering at the hands of man. <br /> <br />The anti women libbers well might say <br />That women nowadays have things their own way <br />But women still victims of rape and foul play <br />Such stories in newspapers every day. <br /> <br />And till women after sundown leave their home <br />And without fear walk unlit street alone <br />Then women must march to reclaim the night <br />And protest for a basic human right.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/for-to-reclaim-the-night/
