"Dearest, I am your life prisoner/preferring to be in your darkness always."Detailing a dazzling and frightening outside world into which the poet "does not wish to be born," the poem is titled "For Xia."
Written shortly after the couple married, the poem is dated Jan. 1, 1997, as Liu was serving a three-year term in labor camp for "disturbing public order" following an essay critical of Beijing's aggressive stance on Taiwan.
from Luisetta Mudie: Radio Free Asia: Liu Prison Poem Published
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