Being Indian

Being Indian or Malay 

Is not a costume that you wear, 

Make up that you wipe off

To go back to being comfortably 

Chinese 

Are you a better Malay or Indian 

Than a Malay or an Indian? 

"Light hearted humour" 

You say in defence

To whom is it meant to be funny? 

A cheongsam,  a saree, 

A baju kurung...

These are clothes.

We can wear them

For a couple of hours.

What we can't wear

Is one another's skin,

Though we could try 

To walk in the others'

shoes.