
Deep gratitude I have
to those who rejected me:
those who wouldn’t want me
in their group
those who didn’t want me
in their company
those who labelled me weird,
freak, and a dupe
If not for them,
I would’ve settled indefinitely
Wouldn’t have been lost,
hurt, and known agony
Would’ve remained in shackles,
wouldn’t have been set free
I never would’ve wandered,
I never would’ve found me.