Sometimes

I need to write
To make sense of this world I'm in
I love my workplace
My colleagues
My bosses
It's a safe place I live in

We all start from someplace and grow
Wonder what I can do
To raise the sensitivity of colleagues art and artists can do what policy cant
Tell the truth as it is as it is felt

I am here today to celebrate my country
My kids are excited its Singapore birthday
I still feel tears welling up when I sing or hear the songs sung
this bloody country is worth fighting for
The barbs and stupid acts stem from ignorance
I'm a teacher
The road is long
But I can and will teach

I feel like I'm in the workd of the giver
Where once I didn't see anything
Now I see colour the lack of it
Among our bosses. All Chinese.

Just said the pledge.  Regardless of race.