Coexistence

Dearest life,
Our daily strife

A game of ego
A competition to hurt
A war to kill
Our daily duty

In you we live
We who call ourselves human
We who call them human
We who too call them unhuman

We impose a bloodshed
An irreversible one
With the victory
Way beyond who dies first
Cause the victory lies
In the lie of our soul
Covering that it is a lie that we are the best
Cause the victory lies
In the lie of the nature
Covering that it is a lie that victory is a result of contest

Some are just born different
And we call them losers

Some just don’t agree to the standards
And we call them losers

Some just care about standards we care less
And we call them losers

Some just don’t care at all
And we call them losers

Some have tried but fail
And we call them losers

Yet those with no opinion
Yet those with no courage to stand out
Yet those with no effort
As long as they fit the standards
We call them winners

We can see it
We can hear it
We can feel it
We know
We just choose to put on a dumb show

We just fear lose
Or just fear just?
Although there is no prize
Nor there is any demise
For this endless conflict

The victors reside
Proud and further from the losers
Only to fight within themselves
That’s the prize
That’s the demise

The losers reside
Ashamed and further from the victors
But still they fight within themselves
That’s the prize
That’s the demise

Isn’t a war useless then?
Shouldn’t a war be banished then?

But a war will always exist

Coexistence is just a dream
It’ll only make an epic meme
Just like how oil wishes to mingle with water

Coexistence is just a pit
Dug enthusiastically by hypocrite
Just like how the rich never gives their all
Because they still want to hold a grand ball

In a country of unison
A trend to follow becomes a must
A person with no resource
Will be away from the unison
A perfect unison
Is never achievable

In a country of unison
An interracial marriage is blessed
And the children born become a peace symbol
But the children are expected
To bear the crest of peace
Despite the wish to be seen as who they are
And not of their special origin
They lose themselves
Because of the burden of expectation
A perfect unison
Is never achievable

In a country of unison
The rich and the poor hold hands
No rich, no poor
But the leader lives in luxury
And the country lives as a shut-in
And the country develops differently
People outside say it is slow
But people inside have no way of knowing
A perfect unison
Is never achievable

Coexistence
Needs perseverance
And a right wisdom

Coexistence is not avoiding competition
Coexistence is not a unison

Coexistence is a war to be better
Coexistence is a hand offered to grow together
Coexistence is to evolve
Coexistence is to resolve
Coexistence is a healthy relationship
Coexistence is to have no bias
So we can punish those who do wrong
So we won’t punish those who are judged as wrong
So we prize those who do right
So we won’t prize those who are judged to be right

It will be difficult
To see and to feel and to decide righteously

It will be difficult
For there is no perfect person who can judge
For there is no perfect understanding
For there is no perfect

So until coexistence is achieved
Coexistence will be a word in the dictionary
A word whose meaning can be read
A word whose meaning can be heard
A word whose meaning can be taught
A word whose meaning can be “learnt”
But a word whose presence cannot be felt

So until coexistence is achieved
Coexistence will be a word that appears a lot in this letter
A word whose spelling will be read
A word whose pronunciation will be heard
A word whose meaning may be delved
But a word whose presence cannot be felt