Some trees are killed, cut into pieces.
Attacked with axes to fit in the houses of greed.
Attached with aesthetic nails, bolts, and handles;
Conforming to someone’s need.
Transformed into a window, door, or showpiece,
To get praise for their sacrifice.
The same is the social strategam against a soul.
Each of its dreams and desires will be busted,
To make it useful; gender/region/religion-biases will be conditioned.
Applauded for killing its instincts, questions, self-love, and resilience;
A soul becomes a serviceable human for this society.
However, unlike the tree, it has the choice.
So what will you choose?
To be undesirable and useless, nonetheless shielding your thriving soul?
Or to be desirable and useful, with all those hidden wounds?
What will you choose?