Shadows & Ghosts:The Final Story(3)

SHADOWS & GHOSTS: THE FINAL STORY ( 3 )

Mr X was traced
To a detention centre
By an intrepid reporter

Who persevered and
Survived to tell his
Horrendous tales

These tales are
From Mr X's hamlets
The reporter confirmed
Mr X was one of the victims

Doubling
As human rights campaigner
The reporter
Single handedly
Secured Mr X's release
From the detention centre

Registered with a GP
Referred
To the Medical Foundation
For the victims of torture
Was treated
For his acute depression

Didn't know was released on bail
Putting behind his tribulations
Attempted to reconcile
The happenings
Was his release for real

Reality is some times cruel
Was shocked
When summoned to appear
At an immigration tribunal

Chairman
Listened attentively
Empathized with Mr X's agony

Asked the Home Office interviewer
Why refuse to consider the torture
Mr X endured

Was asked to account for his decision
After questioning him
The chair found his response wanting
Rebuked him

For his reasons were not convincing
Should have shown care
To Mr X's despair
Considered the pains he endured

The chair read Mr X's statements
" Millions disappeared
Lost their way
Almost every day
Became nourishing food for vultures
Wastage of human lives
Predicament could be salvaged
If only gov'ts avowed
To end such carnage
Was lucky to have survived
But several of my friends died
Had episodes of nightmares
Sleepless nights
Medical foundation doctors
Helped me to come to terms
With my predicaments..."

Chair continued
Do these statements reflect
Your experiences?
Mr X replied
Are true accounts

In fact
Have not revealed gruesome details
Mr X
Was given indefinite leave to remain
Clouds of uncertainity removed
Felt relieved

Thanked the Chair
For his positive decision
Extended
His gratitude to the reporter
And other campaigners

Pledged
To work hard
Make himself and
His adopted country proud

Met asylum seekers
At his new accommodation
With vision & determination
Ready to build life
Without strife

Mr X had engineering training
Gained qualification
As Community architect

Showed his apptitude
In designing a housing project
With eco-friendly design & flare
Housing a Community Centre

Neighbourhood youth mingled
With young people from various
Ethnic and gender backgrounds

Mr X's Social Enterprise project
Empowered the young and fostered
Social cohesiveness

His hard work was acknowledged
Was awarded trophy
For his ability
In
Improving his neighbourhood

Becaqme his legacy
Near death
Hunger & thirst
Long treks
Sleepless nights
Nightmares
Scorching days
Now became
Nasty experiences of the past

Mr X made a life for himself
And others
Forgot his strife

Became a model citizen
Proving to bigots
That he is not a parasite

But a hard working man
With determination
Vision and a big heart

This story has now ended
But there are more stories untold

May be , may be, One day
There wouldn't be
Any story to tell

That would be the day
When dishonest & disastrous wars
Unfair trades will end

Raping & pillaging relegated
To the dust bin of history
Or our forgeting but not
Forgiving memory

When Human Rights
Respect for humanity
Reigns supreme

Ending
Dreams & nightmares
Bringing
Socio-economic progress
Peace & sanity

Man's inhumanity to man
To be just a mirage
Replaced
By man's humanity to man

Let's hope the era
Of ' wood ' so-called 'economic'
And 'political' refugees
Will finally end

News of dispair and agony
Giving way to peace and harmony