People
Staying in rooms.
Alone.
Maybe with a cat.
Blocking out the wind
With closed windows.
Blocking out the windows
With dull drapes.
To them,
Sunlight
Is an imposter.
To them,
Birdsong
Is noise.
Going out only for food
For the cat,
For themselves.
“Selfish.” They say.
“Selfish.”
Living only for themselves.
Living only for themselves.
No,
They aren’t selfish.
They just
Hate themselves.
Hate themselves
For not enjoying the birdsong,
The sun.
Hate themselves
For not being able
To love
To feel,
To relate to
The world
Anymore.
These poor souls were too good.
Too good for this world.
Too loving.
Too giving.
So the world shut them
Inside a room.
Inside themselves,
And called them selfish.
And the sun became an imposter,
And the birdsong became noise.
And the world continued to call them
Selfish.
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