Friday, November 26, 2004
Here I lay in a Bahrain Jail...
Prisoner of Conscience
by Terry Mitchigen
Here I lay in a Bahrain Jail.
My Bones grow weak, my skin grows pale
I cannot break my iron chains
But freedom runs within my veins
I do not seek this life of pain
But Rulers cannot rule my brain
All I ask is, set me free
And try and see what I do see.
I see a Land where brothers dwell
Where Sunni and the Shia tell
Their Children, not to wear the past
but follow their own star at last.
I see the marks upon the walls
Where human blood before me falls
and I am one with all who lasts
From images of memories past
You outside, in cars so cool
Think of me beneath the rule
Of power without pity men
Who keep their dark deeds from your ken
While you eat and drink in clubs.
Hoses, fists descend on us
Undefended I must sink,
Down to the floor, with brain like ink
Black and dark, until they go,
I try and keep my spirits low
Lest hired men, not from this land
Bury me beneath the sand
Oh World, do not abandon me
Do not pass by, while I can't see
The daily life you hold so dear
Inside my darkest prison here
Use your emails, use your pen,
To stop them brutalizing men
To say the world has had enough
Of Bahrain lies and other stuff
In Sydney, New York, London too
Remember me, I ask you
To free me from this life of pain
So we can both live free again
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nice verses... swell flow of thoughts...... :D
Err..... Al Wefaq Society? BCHR? can someone please enlighten me as to what Al Wefaq's stance is on human rights, more specifically womens' rights in Bahrain & the Arab World? I remember someone bringing up these names in one of our Womens Studies class discussions last month, i'm not quite sure if i heard right when it was said that the bchr turn a blind eye towards Al wefaq's backward ideologies about womens' rights and the family law (excample: divorce issues, etc.). I'd be glad to learn more about Al Wefaq's relationship with the BCHR in a transparent manner. Thanks Scorpio for bringing that up and Bahraniat for the poem :)
I forgot to add, whats Al Wefaq's opinion about the segregation of genders in Bahrain's educational insitituions & university's? >Hint..Hint... their activists might be interested in attending a open discussion on it hosted by the Al Montada Society @ Gulf Hotel @ 7pm on December 4th (next month). More info can be found on my blog (BahrainBlog.info), Chanad's blog (chanad.tk) & UCBForums(ucbforums.info). You're more than welcome for this event Bahraniat :-D... looking forward to seeing you there and most importantly your views on the topic are appreciated.
Bahrania,
Thanks for posting this poem...even if we look at it from a historical perspective, poems try and capture the feeling under certain circumstances. Just because circumstances change, a poem that captures a certain feeling can live on forever. If that makes sense?!
Where do u find this stuff about Bahrain, its great, keep it up.
nadz
oi.. scorpio.. what's your problem man? Why does everything with you have to go back to Al Wefaq? have you been abused by one of their members as a kid or something? I don't recall Bahrania ever saying she was an Al Wefaq supporter, just an opposition supporter, unless you're making the racist assumption that since she's bahrania she must be an Al Wefaq supporter? We're getting tired of your rhetoric repeated over and over again.
sit down.. take a deep breath.. and try.. just try (I know it's hard for you) to think of something other than your usual propagandist shit.
Whoops! Someone touched a raw nerve.
Come on children, children please,
I don't appreciate the elements that are trying to use this blog to digress the discussion off on tangents completely unrelated to the main topic of the post. There are other bloggers who are discussing these topics, your comments would be more welcome there.
I will also post my views on these blogs, but not here, and not right now, unless I CHOOSE to blog about it.
Otherwise your comments that can further enhance the discussion to higher levels are more than welcome.
Cheerz. Bahrania
Nice going scorpio :D ... i only posed that q becaused you mentioned somewhere on this post that bahraniat was an Al Wefaq activist... something i didn't know about before.. and i was just wanting to know both sides of the coin story....Appologies to Bahraniat for blogging about the gender segregation topic.... that was just my interest in knwing your views, given the whirl that scorpio had created, "accidentally' i suppose.... Anywayz.. u're rite its yo blog and u're free to do whateva u wanna do with it..... So where may i find the author/poet fo this poem - would luv to chat him/her up :)
Scorpio, the house analogy is an understatement, hell i would lock my door and not let u near me with a barge pole.
I have to say you come across very bigoted. Although I will save you the humiliation of posting the post that initially edited above, the way you attack Wefaq (whether I support them or not) is totally wrong. It shows that there is a big failure of understanding on your part and no objectivity at all. This is not in defence of Alwefaq, but in attack of your approach. You've made it obvious that you have a vendetta- please dont use my blog for it.
I dont want to take this debate further. Please dont feel obliged to respond as no amount of grovelling can alter the image you have given of yourself.
Strav, no worries... but I urge you to check out any facts that you may read in any blogs (including mine) before you take our word for it.
As I always say, when you want to know something about somebody, there is nothing better than a direct approach-email, phone or face-to-face. Its a small country, its not hard to get around.
I would like to find out more about the Author of the poem too.
'strav'... ese - for future reference - to 'chat up' is to hit on, make a play at... but whatever, if you want to chat him/her up w/ equal enthusiasm, power to you!