Memoirs Of A Detainee...

Showkat —

Memoirs Of A Detainee...


Restrained in a chair, tied too tightly from the wrists


I screamed with pain as they threw their heavy fists


Deep into me, toppling me to the hard wooden floor


One kicked my body and asked if i wanted some more


So tired and beaten, no escape from this ongoing Hell


The interrogation finally ended & I returned to my cell


An evil leader some years ago sold me off to the USA


To be shackled and hooded, and flown to Camp X-ray


Here I waited, beaten and humiliated by the shayateen


Forced to view sick images that I had never before seen


What crime had I committed, what wrong had I done


To be imprisoned for years, distanced from my son


I longed to converse with my fellow brothers detained


All the same, physically abused and mentally drained


I looked down at my own body scarred and tortured


O Allah! You are a Witness to all that I have endured


Sodomy being a norm for the perverted soldiers here


I prayed the punishment of Lut be on them severe


I stared blankly at the cell's heavy mesh-sided walls


Recalling my pre-imprisonment dreams & future goals


From being a Qur'an Hafidh to a dedicated family man


They'd stolen my dreams but strengthened my iman


I smiled at the memory of my faithful, loving wife


So beautiful and optimistic in her outlook on life


Never once had she wavered in her loyalty to me


Her letters brought me hope, patience & certainty


That this test is hard and the loneliness so great


But we cannot change what's written in our fate


Allah swt decides for us only that which is good


And I accept His Decree as a true believer should


Yet I think of a day when I'll walk freely like you


But will I be happy & carefree, really like you?


My life is shattered and I am mentally scarred


Picking up the pieces seems incredibly hard


Which brother would I turn to if ever in need?


He who neglects my family out of fear & greed?


Shunned & abandoned by the 'Muslim' community


Our children cry helplessly while you call for Unity


What good is your Unity when you ignore their tears


Of this great injustice the Almighty Watches & Hears


A day may come when you too call out in desperation


When your heart bleeds from a similar painful seperation


Help support us & our families, O Muslims to you we turn


Do what you can by showing genuine brotherly concern.


By UR (Nelson, uk)


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You — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 - 22:25

Is that really written by a former detaineeof Guantanamo Bay?


got a link to the source?


Showkat — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 - 22:32

[quote="Admin"]Is that really written by a former detaineeof Guantanamo Bay?


got a link to the source?[/quote]


Its written by a sister i know, who feels very strongly about this issue


Showkat — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 - 22:53

[quote="Admin"]Was she in guantanamo?


If not then the poem is misleading.[/quote]


Shes writing from the perspective and experience of someone who was. Many poets write and explain the experiences of others.


You — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 - 22:58

and they call it poetic licence. 😛


Still, my point stands. To a point.


We should not try to "use" the misery of others in such a way IMO. The only person who has a right to right in a first person way is someone who went through it, or someone who communicated directly with someone who went through it. It may even have been acceptable if it was about a particular person who went through it, using their real experiences, not some fictional creation.


Making up a fictional person with a fictional past and fictional family do not do the situation justice.


I cannot see how the writer could have any reference to the mind frame of a detainee.


I am sorry if it sounds harsh, but I personally dislike this type of things.


Ya'qub — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 - 00:35

and what about an actor playing someone in a movie? a fictional person with a fictional past and fictional family, how does that take away from anything?


to be honest, IMO i think what doesnt do the situation justice is the rhyming couplets, they make the issue sound trivial and rather jaunty.


i completely disagree with anything negative about it being in 1st person, however


You — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 - 01:05

If the actor played as someone is Guantanamo bay, and was prtrayed as "based on real life events", there would be concerns.


It's the mixing of fact with fiction and then portraying it as fact that is of issue to me.


Probably not a concern to others.


My first post was actually positive. I really did think it was written by a former detainee. The title also suggests that.


Alas my reasining was flawed.