i wish i was dead

by Blyth Sampayan

sitting in the corner of the room

with only darkness accompanying me
drowning in vague thoughts

chaos filling my head

i wish i was dead

dead to society’s judgment

i wish i was deaf

deaf to the country’s outcry

poverty, corruption, evilness

i wish i was never born

to witness such cruelty

will the coffin unravel its horn?

i wish i was dead

dead to my emotions

i can see my countrymen dying unjustly
from hunger and injustice

do you still want to live

if being born means carrying debt?

what about those who sit on the throne?

i wish i was dead, dead from empathy