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aged 17 started aiming to be the man of his dreams last year of high school finally he could do good deeds and not worry about the embarrassing comments aged 20 second year of uni and now he's boundless from freedom he studies his Islamic history and engineering a mind full of knowledge he's beaming aged 23 graduating at last he dreamed for this moment for years steps on the stage grabs his diploma bold Thank You God for this moment for happiness sake aged 25 married to the most beautiful bride promised her years and years of satisfaction he was going to be a man who loved affection goals were to raise a family with no negative distractions loved this beautiful country lots of liberty and safety no denying it was near impossible to feel like a threat there was no trouble aged 30 had a daughter named her Zayna beautiful young girl , he knew she had lots for the world taught her how to read write and be free a carefree child is all he wanted to see Zayna grew with open minded views viewed the beauty of not judging a man who seems as bad as the devil but inside could be like the ying yang sign aged 43 Zayna is now 13 witnessing her father loosing his dignity after every racial comment that comes beneath his ears he starts to fear maybe soon he'll be a victim to this racist society all over his surrounding beard so thick wet because of his tears aged 45 ; 15 years have went by and never has Zayna seen this her father screams and yells 'im innocent i have not been dealt with these accusations' 'free me please I'm not what you think you see' Zayna hides behind the door begging God to do something about this horror aged 46: a year in Guantanamo couldn't get worse than this he went through beatings force feedings psychological torture his heart is becoming softer brain is hallucinating tears are flooding his mind body's shaking weaker and weaker becomes his state first name is Ahmed last is Bashir his mind full of knowledge his knees weak due to fear first name is Zayna last name Bashir lonely teenager wishing her father would be there -gz
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Jan 22, 2015
Jan 22, 2015 at 3:33 PM UTC
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aged 17 started aiming to be the man of his dreams last year of high school finally he could do good deeds and not worry about the embarrassing comments aged 20 second year of uni and now he's boundless from freedom he studies his Islamic history and engineering a mind full of knowledge he's beaming aged 23 graduating at last he dreamed for this moment for years steps on the stage grabs his diploma bold Thank You God for this moment for happiness sake aged 25 married to the most beautiful bride promised her years and years of satisfaction he was going to be a man who loved affection goals were to raise a family with no negative distractions loved this beautiful country lots of liberty and safety no denying it was near impossible to feel like a threat there was no trouble aged 30 had a daughter named her Zayna beautiful young girl , he knew she had lots for the world taught her how to read write and be free a carefree child is all he wanted to see Zayna grew with open minded views viewed the beauty of not judging a man who seems as bad as the devil but inside could be like the ying yang sign aged 43 Zayna is now 13 witnessing her father loosing his dignity after every racial comment that comes beneath his ears he starts to fear maybe soon he'll be a victim to this racist society all over his surrounding beard so thick wet because of his tears aged 45 ; 15 years have went by and never has Zayna seen this her father screams and yells 'im innocent i have not been dealt with these accusations' 'free me please I'm not what you think you see' Zayna hides behind the door begging God to do something about this horror aged 46: a year in Guantanamo couldn't get worse than this he went through beatings force feedings psychological torture his heart is becoming softer brain is hallucinating tears are flooding his mind body's shaking weaker and weaker becomes his state first name is Ahmed last is Bashir his mind full of knowledge his knees weak due to fear first name is Zayna last name Bashir lonely teenager wishing her father would be there -gz
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