Kate Shemirani’s speech at Westminster Magistrate’s Court fused science, law, humanity and the spirit, in one call to this world’s people that shone with the coherence of impassioned urgency.

It exposed evil with the power of good’s truth-borne emotional literacy, and put freedom — and triumphant salvation — in our hands.

!!! OUR FACES CONNECT !!!

I call you when I need you;
when my heart’s on fire.
You come to me, run through me,
wild and wired!

You squeeze me free —
which is everything we need!

Give me lives, borne through contact,
to beam real world from dreams!
Feel the language of love,
so we are what it means:

it’s never wrong —
hug my soul, and make it strong!

Our faces connect;
shining the love we reflect
and relay, as a web of one,
of everyone we’ve ever met!

I’m struck from your heart:
wrought by every word you say!
Be distanced by dark?
Babe, I would rather be dead.
In your breath, flows shared life
of the night and the day!
In your smile dimples feeling,
touching heart, unafraid!

Just as long as I’m here in your arms,
I could be in no better place.

Our faces connect;
shining the love we reflect
and relay, as a web of one,
of everyone we’ve ever met!

I’m struck from your heart:
wrought by every word you say!
Be distanced by dark?
Babe, I would rather be dead.

Each time we touch, your pulse caresses my soul,
and draws me tall with strength of deep belief in my rôle
to share self-love with others, through the freedom of light!
Oh, babe, we are right!

Our faces connect;
shining the love we reflect,
and relay, as a web of one,
of everyone we’ve ever met!

I’m struck from your heart:
wrought by every word you say!
Be distanced by dark?
Babe, I would rather be dead!

We connect.

TINA TURNER ORIGINAL

Simply the Best

I call you when I need you
When my heart’s on fire
You come to me, come to me
Wild and wired

You come to me,
Give me everything I need

Give me a lifetime of promises
And a world of dreams
Speak the language of love
Like you know what it means

It can’t be wrong
Take my heart and make it strong, baby

You’re simply the best
Better than all the rest
Better than anyone
Anyone I’ve ever met
I’m stuck on your heart
I hang on every word you say
Tear us apart
Baby, I would rather be dead

In your heart I see the start
Of every night and every day
In your eyes I get lost
I get washed away

Just as long as I’m here in your arms
I could be in no better place

You’re simply the best
Better than all the rest
Better than anyone
Anyone I’ve ever met
I’m stuck on your heart
I hang on every word you say
Tear us apart, no, no, no
Baby, I would rather be dead

Each time you leave me I start losing control
You’re walking away with my heart and my soul
I can feel you even when I’m alone,
Oh, baby, don’t let go!

You’re the best
Better than all the rest
Better than anyone
Anyone I’ve ever met
I’m stuck on your heart
I hang on every word you say
Tear us apart, no, no
Baby, I would rather be dead

You’re the best

I got my Covid Vaccine —
thought I would get flight on time!
But blocked me still from zone so red;
was the summer of fix-and-fine!

Meeting up — some guys from school:
had a band that was lockdown-barred!
Song was stopped by police who harried
healthy people to have test for SARS!

And when I look back now,
they wanted to lockdown forever —
removing everybody’s voice
so diktat could reset to sever
everybody’s freedom from their life!

Ain’t no use in complaining —
Let’s go out and stop the ruse!
Spent my weekends busting the lying
on Facebook and in Hyde Park too … yeah!

Rallying in Oxford Street,
we knew that THEY were in this together —
but we felt the strength to stand
and to share the truth, untethered:
that was the best way back to life!

Oh yeah … hacked in the summer of #FixAndFine

Man, they were killing lives,
we were numb and helpless: we trusted them — so blind!

We thought this couldn’t last forever … forever!

But now the minds are changing
wondering what the hell’s gone wrong —
How did three weeks become a year —
with flights banned and right to party gone!
Now we fight for our freedom and the light!

Oh yeah … hacked in the summer of fix-and-fine
It was the summer of fix-and-fine

Oh yeah — we defied crazy rules’ fix-and-fine
Ohhh!

It was the summer … the summer … the summer of fix-and-fine

BRYAN ADAMS ORIGINAL

I got my first real six-string
Bought it at the five-and-dime
Played it ’til my fingers bled
Was the summer of ’69

Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard.
Jimmy quit, Jody got married
I should’ve known we’d never get far

Oh, when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Yeah, I’d always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life

Ain’t no use in complainin’
When you’ve got a job to do
Spent my evenings down at the drive-in
And that’s when I met you, yeah

Standin’ on your mama’s porch
You told me that you’d wait forever
Oh, and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life

Oh, yeah!
Back in the summer of ’69, oh.

Man we were killin’ time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin’ can last forever, forever, no! yeah!

And now the times are changin’
Look at everything that’s come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
I think about you, wonder what went wrong

Standin’ on your mama’s porch
You told me that it’d last forever
Oh, and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life

Oh, yeah!
Back in the summer of ’69, oh.
It was the summer of ’69, oh, yeah.
Me and my baby in ’69, oh.
It was the summer, the summer, the summer of ’69, yeah.