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I Will Always Live Free

I will never live in disgrace.
I will never bow down before any man.
I will never let you humiliate me.
I will never be your slave.
Even if you take my liberty,
You will never take my dignity.
I will always live free.

Cut my throat from ear to ear.
Suck my life from year to year.
Rip my skin from tear to tear.
Pound my brain from fear to fear.
My flesh may bleed, but my soul will shine.
My heart may break, but my face will smile.
I will always live free.

Whatever will be will be.
No matter what my destiny,
Even under tyranny,
Even in captivity,
I am free.
I was born free.
I will always live free…


Babar Ahmed A9385AG
HMP Long Lartin
South Littleton
Evesham
WORCESTERSHIRE
WR11 8TZ
UK
Written 2nd December 2011 on the Eighth Anniversary of Police Assault, from his cell in HMP Long Lartin. In August 2004 Babar Ahmad was arrested on an extradition request by the US. He is now in his eighth year behind bars, making him the longest British detainee held without trial. 
 
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Posted by on December 16, 2011 in Habsiyya, Poems by Babar Ahmad

 

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Cry of the Caged Bird

Beyond the mask and beyond the front.
Beyond the name and beyond the image.
Beyond the rhyme and beyond the prose.
Beyond the metaphors and beyond the rhetoric.
Beyond the campaign and beyond the publicity.
Beyond the words and beyond the speeches…
There is a caged bird.

There is a caged bird whose only wish is to be a bird again.
There is a caged bird that yearns to fly free again.
And soar over the mountain tops and glide through the valleys.
There is a caged bird that is no better than any other bird.
And no different to any other bird.
There is a caged bird whose wings have been cut and voice has been muted.
Whose only desire is to be a bird again.
That’s why the caged bird sings.

Babar Ahmad
Written in HMP Manchester, May 2007

Babar Ahmed A9385AG
HMP Long Lartin
South Littleton
Evesham
WORCESTERSHIRE
WR11 8TZ
UK
August 2004 Babar Ahmad was arrested on an extradition request by the US. He is now in his eighth year behind bars, making him the longest British detainee held without trial. UK residents please sign the petition, allowing him the chance to stand trial in Britain, BEFORE 10th November 2011 deadline.
 
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Posted by on October 13, 2011 in Habsiyya, Poems by Babar Ahmad

 

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