Thursday, December 07, 2006

We, the Burmans

We were born in Burma
We were born as Burmans
We speak Burmese
We eat Burmese food &
We were taught to love Burma

Yet we left Burma
In the midst of political turmoil
Yet we left Burma
With the hope of returning democratic Burma
Yet we left Burma
With brave hearts

Months passed
Years passed
Burma hasn’t changed
Government hasn’t changed

But who cares?
We are not in Burma
But who cares?
We are not suffering
But who cares?
Our families will be rich with the money we send

Do we need to fight for freedom?
Do we need to fight for democracy?
Absolutely not!
We are safe and we are fine after all.


Generation96
(Dedicated to all Burmans staying abroad who fall into the category of “who cares”)

Written in 2005 after witnessing the disappointing turn out at Daw Su’s Birthday held at Toapayoh monastery. Even though more than 300 T-shirts were snatched FREE, barely less than 50 people wore the shirts on that day.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

အေရးအသားေလး ဂြတ္တယ္ဗ်ား။