Aku Ingin Bebas

(dibebaskan  dari penjara batu)

Hasil karya Dr Nasir Hashim

burung pungguk

terpegun silu

melayang cemas dalam perangkap batu dan besi

mencari kebebasan hingga kesiangan hari

bertemu muka

saling mengadu nasib

kami tahu kau kerinduan

kami sedar kau perlukan kebebasan

maka ku tenangkan jiwa mu itu

ku pupukkan semangat harapan

ku belai manja ketulenan mu ini

terbanglah kawan ku..... terbanglah

harungilah semula keindahan alam ini

walaupun pertemuan ini hanya

sedetik masa

segumpul bahasa

kami faham jika kau tak kembali lagi

kami tetap terharu dengan pemergian mu itu

namun gembira kerana kau tetap bebas

itulah kontradiksi hidup.... yang inginkan penyelesaian

Kawasan 5

Kamunting

30hb Mac 1988

NOTE:

Dr Mohd Nasir Hashim, ADUN Kota Damansara, was among 106 citizens arrested under the ISA during Operasi Lalang in 1987. He was kept under detention in Kamunting for 15 months. In that time behind the barbed barriers, Dr Nasir took to writing poetry to keep his spirits up. The series have recently been compiled into a book titled Menyinsing Fajar Perjuangan. The sajak above, Aku Ingin Bebas, is a passage taken from that collection.

The accompanying pictures were captured during the Kota Damansara Human Rights Carnival this past Sunday. The day-long event featured numerous activites and awareness programs by various NGOs and social activists.

Fun was also clearly part of the package.

All pictures / delCapo