why is it when we take steps

forward to embrace our identity,

we fall effortlessly into the cloud of

infinite anonymity

our thoughts ,

instinctual compassion

and human innocence

become mute

and far from reach

we become

just another dot-

another painstaking statistic-

another unfortunate news story

wrapped in misconceptions

and societal norms

we become one with

"the norm machine"

its noisy clicking and repetition-

our motherboard

to an ever-so-monotonous life

when we lie

so dreamlessly into

the basket of belonging

we begin to lose a part of ourselves

that we thought we had once had grasp to

it becomes for society's taking

but it should be for our keeping

when compassion is lost,

what is truly left in us?

the life of a human

is truly lifeless

if we only just sit and watch.