Belonging

I don't belong here anymore

Around me I see

Shadows of reality

Ghosts of who I used to be.

These people, so familiar

An itch under my skin

I don't fit in.

Behind a pane of glass

I observe.

Who am I?

Who are they?

Imposters in a strange place.

The haunting tragedy holds me back

From rejoining my family.

For now, I am the pretender

Pretending I belong.

Audience among the actors

Or the other way around?

Unable to be accepted anymore.

- Carly Floyd

3/6/09