They don’t want
Your alms
Your hand-me-downs
Your charity
They want what is rightfully theirs
Their dignity
Cloaked in their dignity
They have negotiated whatever
Life has thrown at them
Till now.
Stripped of their dignity
They are a pitiful sight
But let no-one forget that
This is our doing
Not theirs
Our Passports brought in the virus
That their Ration Cards
Struggle in vain
To fend off
Humans are human because
Of other humans
When we strip someone
Of his dignity
Humanity is stripped
Of its dignity