Thank you society for ******* me — us — hard Indeed, no one dies a ****** with you around Thank you for the cornucopia of insecurity For the endless seeds of doubts magnified For the fragility we have chosen not to guard Pitting us alikes ‘til you have curated your sound Pulling us deeper and chains us in self-pity Knowing that we’ll never be surely makes you satisfied Then alas you get to blame us for our own shards Managing to scar us despite being on ground Turned us into strangers in our own city Leaving us with nothing — not even being dignified