When they see us

“When they see us
They see us as subhuman.
When they see us
They see us as dirty.
When they see us
They see us as fakirs.
When they see us
They see us as prostitutes.
When they see us
They see us as impure.
When they see us
They see us as slaves.
When they see us
They see us as primitive.
When they see us
They see us as cannibals.
When they see us
They see us as criminals
When they see us
They see us with impunity.
Our bodies are playfields for them.
Our bodies are minefields of humiliation for them.
Our identities are meaningless to them.
Our voices are senseless to them.
Our genders are unnatural for them.
Our genders are abnormal to them.
Our lives do not matter to them.
Our castes are untouchables for them.
Our races are unseeable for them.”