I've chosen to be happy
amidst the burning living
amidst the piling dying

I've chosen to be grateful
amidst the fruitless toiling
amidst the unending paths

I've chosen to be pretty
amidst the narrowing crowds
amidst the constant shaming

I've chosen to be blinded
in favor of the brightness
in favor of easy lives

I've chosen to be heartless
in favor of my success
in favor of acceptance

I choose to be ignorant
I choose to be happier
I choose the conventional

I choose the society
that has raised me, and made me
I choose the society
that hates me and always will
I choose the society
that tells me it's my own choice
I choose the society
that holds me, imprisons me
I choose the society
that has killed and buried me

and told me that all is well