Friday, October 8, 2010

I am not a foreigner. by Tsewang Phuntsok

I HAVE A FOREIGN LOOK
I DRESS UP NOT AS U
I SPEAK DIFFERENT
AND SOME TIME SAME IN DIFFERENT ACCENT
I ATE UR FOOD BUT IT TASTES DIFFERENT TO MY TONGUE
YA, M FOREIGN TO UR PLACE
AND U ASSUMED ME AS FOREIGNER
I LIVES HERE ON SOMEONE'S CHARITY
AND YOUR HOSPITALITY
DONT MISUNDERSTAND ME
I TOO HAVE A HOME LIKE YOU
BUT NOT LIKE YOU
YOU ARE LIVING AS YOU WISH
AND DOING AS U DARE
I WAS THROWN OUT FROM MY BELOVED HOME
AND THEY SAID I HAVE TO WISH AS THEY WISH
AND DO AS THEY DECIDE
I WILL GO BACK ONE DAY WITH ALL MY BROTHERS N SISTERS
BUT EXCUSE ME,
I M NOT FOREIGNER, M REFUGEE HERE ON UR LAND.............