Raised Like Veal
It is so dark
When your eyes are sewn shut
Or when there is no light
The closet of conformity
Open the door
Cut the stitches
Surprise!
The light is blinding
All the things you've just realized you missed
Is overwhelming
Complaisment has gotten you nowhere
And you need remedial
Who locked the door?
Whe sewn the stitches?
Perhaps someone who felt
That ignorance is bliss
Perhaps someone who felt
That without knowing the other options
You would never leave what you had
Step outside
Surprise!
There is a sharp pain
You can't move
You can't breath
There is a choker-chain
Around your neck
Who put it there?
Perhaps someone
Who did not want you to leave
Who needed complacement
In knowing that they can still control someone
Or who was too bonded to you
To let go
It comes as no surprise
That you have been raised like veal