Poem.....A Poem for BERSIH 4 (2015)

I was not there

I could not see

Brother and sister

Arm in arm

Amidst

A sea 

Of yellow,

One legged

Attendees

Proudly

Striding

On yellow

Crutches,

A mass

Of Chinese

Indians and Malays

Smiling in their pain.

I was not there

I could not see

Along

The roads 

Proudly waving

Flags

Yellow

Blue

Red

White,

Slogans

for clean

Fervent

Words

For

Justice

Hope

I was not there

I could not see

A yellow Beetle car

Proudly displaying

Its battle scars,

Former

Prime Ministers

Lending

Support

In humility

One million

Plus souls

Sharing

Moments

United

In a way

Mere jingoism 

Cannot.

I was not there

I could not see

The jigsaw

Of humanity

Finally

Fit

The Malaysian

Family

Back

Together

At last

Having

Been 

Rent asunder

By decades

Of Lies

And half-truths.

I was not there

I could not see

For it was a time

For Malaysians

In their angst

A private time

Like grief

Mourning

Over a country

Which might have been

Determined

To forge one, better

Cleaner.

I was not there

I could not see

But my heart

was with them.