Be Glad

Be glad

Be glad that you don’t have svelte figures or six pecs
Some people have bloated bellies that scream for food that may never come

Be glad you don’t have nicer clothes to wear
Some people have clothes that are torn and tattered.

Be glad you don’t have enough money for that Nike shoes.
Some people have only the calloused n rough skin on their feet.

Be glad you don’t have a huge bungalow in Bukit Timah.
Some people have all the land with zinc roofs and all the rubbish and dirt.

Be glad you don’t have As in your exams
Some people have A, B and if lucky, a C in their entire vocabulary.

Be glad you don’t have more time to spend.
Some people have time to breath in dust before they bite it.

Be glad you don’t have more gory pictures to see on the newspapers.
Some people have relatives whom you’ve seen in those gory pictures.

Be glad you don’t have a seat on the MRT.
Some people have seats they dare not sit on for fears of another bomb.

Be glad you don’t have your daddy drive you to school.
Some people have cars they can’t drive to make their livelihood cos they couldn’t afford fuel.

Be glad you don’t have jaw-dropping economic growth rates this quarter.
Some people have economies that are worse than not having one at all.

Be glad you don’t have illnesses.
Be glad you don’t have missing limbs.
Be glad you don’t have to worry about not having food to eat.
Be glad that you don’t have to fear death every time you open your eyes.
Be glad you can feel, you can smile, you can cry, you can feel comfortable.
Be glad of all the things you have n fuss not the things you don’t have.
Be glad.