Open the Door
IN MEMORY OF DR. KING, AND BY INSPIRATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF HIS DREAM, I SHOUTED FROM MY CELL"OPEN THE DOOR!"
Open the door
Do not claim
there is a law
preventing me
from hugging my baby!
Stop phony mendacity
For me to shake
the hands of my children––
how that will jeopardize
the national security?
Do not tell me
you have the right
to ruin my home
to destroy my family
to punish my children
to cut off my kin
because I am in prison!
Open the door
You know I am not a criminal
I did nothing
I am here
paying for your leaders’ wrong policy
a victim
of the government's corruption
In the name of democracy
they took this country back
to the Dark Ages
they established
an Inquisition
they humiliated human beings
they used torture
they spread enmity
between people and nations
Open the door!
Enough! Stop your aggression!
I did not commit any sin
If not for false accusations,
if the government had not disabled
the entire justice system,
right now I would be free
living with my family
Your leaders should be here
in my current position!
Yassin
1-19-09
Dr. King’s Day