i love a land where people <br />have the humour and god given grace <br />to value another for their uniqueness <br /> <br />the chinese <br />for their chineseness <br />the malay <br />for their malayness <br />the english <br />for their englishness <br />the irish <br />for their irishness <br />the christian <br />for their chistianness <br />the jews <br />for their jewishness <br />and the muslim <br />for their muslimness <br /> <br />one's origin is rich <br />as a box of crayons, <br />tubes of acrylics <br />meant to enrich the world <br />increase each of our <br />propensity to love <br /> <br />with some sincerity <br />and imagination <br />we can paint <br />a first class world <br />in various shades <br />- each depicting a way to love<br /><br />john tiong chunghoo<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/colours/
