THE DIFFERENCE
The Difference, picture taken from https://ideas.darden.virginia.edu/2014/02/the-old-and-new-way-to-address-diversity/
The Difference
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Before you came
I used to sit in front of my house
and watch the farmers passing
with their faithful cows
Before you came
I used to go to whispering streams
and watch the fishes
enjoying their swim
Before you came
I plucked flowers from surrounding trees
and placed them on the heads
of my sisters and niece
Before you came
Life was simple and sweet
I knew no worries
I slept when asleep
And then you come
Life begins to change
I begin to have worries
and everything seems so strange
And now I sit
in front of my house
secretly hoping to see you
no more the farmers nor their cows
And now I go
To the whispering stream
secretly hoping to meet you
to make come true my dreams
I pluck flowers
from surrounding trees
not for sisters and niece
but for me
Life's no more simple
yet it's more sweet
because you have come
I dream when asleep
8th June 1966, Kuala Lumpur.
(Recalling a scene I saw during a hike as a scout with another scout in a Venturer test during a hike from Balik Pulau to Ayer Itam in Penang.)
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