The Colour Red

An Original Poem by Malliha Sinniah

I saw it in your kungumam Sivasakti

In a rose at the end of a single long stem

Crowning a rainbow, atop the colour orange

Holding all the colours within its loving embrace.

I saw the colour red.

We are white, yellow, brown or black

Mother Nature designed us as unique individuals.

But She saw us bonding as sisters and brothers

Infused with the same lifeblood

United in that colour red.

Red is for warmth, red is for love

Red is for that vibrant life we cherish and share.

Why do we stand alone then

When we belong as One

In our very own colour red?