We were hidden away in shame
And the servants became our masters
We were the family secret abomination
Cast away amongst the rafters
The chains that bound us in darkness
Clamped over emaciated bone
Society waits in eager delight
To watch the diabolical show
We were hidden within the walls
Separated by your worth and judgement
The echoed filler of screaming fun
Drowned the cried of your amusement
We were demon possessed and tormented
We needed to become pure
The drill went deep into our skull
And our silence confirmed our cure
You saw us as a punishment by God
Our life a reflection of sin
Leaches bled us, Purging calmed us
To drive out the spirits within
The shame and embarrassment
Was too much for you to take
driven out of the place called home
We were your biggest mistake
Families abandoned families
as they remove us from sight
Our only companions are the voices within
Stripped bare and cast into the night
Look how far we have come
300 years on
And the shackles are harder to see
They are invisible through the mask of day
At night they cling tighter to me
The yelling of the crowds
As they passed us on the streets
replaced by the whispers of judgement
their words stuck on repeat
The chains of irons that we wore
Are replaced by chaotic pills within
Emotions dampened like abandoned fog
While injections numb cold skin
Families that disown us
Are more subtle than once knew
We aren't hidden from the world so much
But still hidden from your view
We aren't subject to public stockades
Battered by bricks and stones
the scars run deeper within us now
cut by the silence that you throw
we have a different mask for display
that we take off every night
Anchored by indifference and shame
Is this our new birthright?
So please don't show us we are beneath you
Don't silence us with distance
Because when we feel you removing yourself
You are confirming our life sentence
Remove the unseen chains
From the weight of your stare
Its too heavy for us to hold
And its too strong for us to bare
Someone you know well wrote this
In the hope that you won't run
Just to listen and make me the same as you
Please show me how far we have come
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It does not matter that how far we have come? Please go on. Thanks
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I'm sorry I do not understand what you mean.