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A poem by Dr Nasir Hashim written after the detention of six PSM activists under the Emergency Ordinance. (The six were subsequently released and now face charges in court in October 2011).

Bersendirian
Air mata sedih mengalir tanpa izin

Kerana ku lihat
Demokrasi dikebumikan dengan semboyan
keangkuhan

Keagamaan disandi-warakan untuk   mencabul
kebenaran

Perkauman dibelai manja demi segumpal
keuntungan dan kemelesetan diri

Kemiskinan dilunak lunakkan dari sistem pemerintahan

Seribu janji dicurah halus untuk menderhaka
kepada prinsip

Senda gurauan diatur rapi untuk membentes
pemikiran

Negara yang harum dilacurkan dengan teladan
bangsat

Sungguh kaku Negara ku yang tercinta ini

Menjadi noktah di pertengahan jalan

Ku . . . . .
Ku . . . . . lihat
Ku lihat . . . . . demokrasi
Ku lihat demokrasi . . . . . tersungkur
Ku lihat demokrasi tersungkur . . . . . merah
Ku lihat demokrasi tersungkur merah
. . . . . di pinggir jalan

cuba melutut
cuba menyiku
cuba mendagu

enggang menutup matanya . . . . .
untuk kali terakhir

Ramai tak membantu

Ramai tak mengerti

Enggan sedar

Semangat ini
berpahatkan pada cinta
bernafaskan pada keadilan
berkorban untuk kebebasan

Selagi diri ini belum menemui lahad

Selagi itulah jiwa ini bertindak
mendedahkan sistem kapitalis
bersama konco-konco politik
yang pincang ini

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Dr Mohd Nasir Hashim served as the first chairman of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) for 23 years (1996-2019). He is also a former Selangor State Legislative Assembly member for Kota Damansara (2008-2013). Nasir received his PhD in international nutrition from Cornell University and, in his free time, enjoys writing poems, painting and playing the harmonica
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