My First Day in School [The Art Garden's Poem]

My First Day in School 

By Thida Shania 

In that morning, 

 I was so exciting. 

 Too early I went to school, 

 To find a seat in front.

My heart was filled with joy, 

 When I found the first seat in classroom 

 “This is not for kalar" Sayama told me.

She sent me back and I was shedding.

That day, she taught me something (discrimination) 

Not from curriculum but from her ill heart 

Me who went to school smiling, 

 And came back home crying.

[21/03/2019 ]

Poetess’s note : Sayama is for school madam in Burmese. 

                              Kalar is a racial slur for Rohingya used by Myanmar Buddhists.