Conversations with you

Which conversations
can defy or escape
the primal egotistical
nature of man?

Lest communication breaks
I, you, we
Become the founding words
Into telling our stories
Into seeking connections
Into expressions

I, you, we
Constantly complaining
Incessantly needing
to share, to say, to express
to speak, to amplify
as clocks tick

But this conversation,
I, me, I, me
Isn't selfish that way
Neither does it take
anything away
From you nor you nor you

Hush now, lips shut
the heart takes
its centre stage
Time comes to
a standstill

For He has waited all day
To hear me talk about me
What is ego now?
Doesn't He know already
what I'm about to say?

With just a whisper,
a tear
a silence
the ego is crushed

When I say I,
even unspoken,
He dissolves me
into His
Oneness

Comments

Hitam Manis

This is difficult to write, but it's definitely an important one amidst all the conversations we've been having lately. Growing up being brown/Malay wasn't easy, especially when it became ingrained in me that having a darker skin tone by default, is less desired than fairer skin tones. In childhood, I couldn't recall having to endure comments about my skin colour. Thankfully amongst children, these values ascribed to lightness and darkness didn't yet come to the fore. This consciousness became more obvious since secondary school. And it was tough and painful. I've been in a sports CCA since secondary school and I couldn't really avoid not becoming tanned. What hurts the most was even my peers at that time would make comments about my skin colour without even realising the damage caused from these words. These comments I recall, were sometimes made under the guise of humour. I was called 'budak hitam' (literally means 'black child') and even ...

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