Whenever I think of you, which is often
I think of
all that we share.
It matters
not that we’ve never met,
I feel like
we know each other
like some
human beings never know each other.
We have a
common commitment
and an
empathy
born of a shared
outlook,
experiences
and aspirations.
I am in
pain at visualising you caged.
And I rage
against the system that keeps you
and other
brothers and sisters
locked and
chained.
Some nights
I dream of you
and in my
dreams you are always free.
You are hugging
and laughing
with your
friends and family.
And you are
with me,
we sit
together at a table,
talking and
trying to make up for
all the
lost years,
drinking,
eating, looking
at each
other and smiling.
You know
that,
those who
hold you,
those who oppress,
will never,
ever,
be alive
like you are.
Nor ever
know the love
or freedom
you have known.
- Samoud - Arabic for tenacity, steadfast, resistance.
- Ray Luc
Levasseur is of French Canadian background and a political prisoner who was
imprisoned in a sensory deprivation isolation cell 22 hours a day at the ADX
control unit prison at Florence, Colorado, USA. He was one of over 100 radical
political prisoners held in the USA. He was released in November 2004, after 20
years of confinement.
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