fearless but wise

'poets are crazy
they kill themselves'
a casual remark
a colossal stigmatisation


they don't see
or do they
there has been the famous chinese poet
who took his life


'serve him right'
different versions of stories
floated among the public
may be they are concerned


I was not interested
everyday people killed themselves
just a piece of news
why bother


you're not alarmed
how cold, how cruel
only snakes kill
with no remorse


the colossal stigmatisation
it kills
it kills without blood shedding
it kills silently


society doesn't change much
with deaths
we accept deaths
we all have to die someday


do individual counts
the norm, the norm, the norm
has sharp knives
it gets you at your weakest


if with only one breath left
I will fight authority
I will fight that is colossal
fearless but wise