One Malaysia ( in the spirit of a true Malaysian)

When we eat chicken
They eat porridge
When we go by car
They walk
When we use Nike
They use no shoes
When we read Enid Blyton
They read no books
When we learn ABC
They learn about the wild
When we go to Jusco
They hardly see a grocery shop
When we read the newspapers
They hardly see any papers
When we talk about other countries
They hardly know about their own state
When we go for a holiday
They hardly know what’s a holiday
When we go overseas
They hardly even go the nearest town
When we go on a plane
They hardly go on a car
We live in luxury
They live in ignorance
We live in corruption
They live in innocence
Thus,
How do we expect them to answer our exam papers
When they hardly do half the things that we do.

Do we worry about this segregation?
Between the rich and the poor
The rural and the urban
The have and the have not’s
All we worry about is one thing
Our skin colour
What a shame!

By Viloshena Ravandran