I belong...

but why do I feel alone?

We all are of the same feather and yet,

why do I feel like

no one notices,

no one understands,

no one feels?

I can't talk about them

about things that I love

because they would just be

IGNORED.

Is that even how friendship works?

I'm okay being in the back

of things yet,

it just doesn't feel right

that they are so distant.

And so I ran away.

I escaped their company.

It may seem bad but

it gave me freedom.

I felt serenity after my escape.

It's as if I had grown wings

and my flight led me to

a better land

to which I can voice out myself

to people who are dear to me.

With this new environment,

I learned how to love myself more.

I learned that I don't have to be

uniform to be in a group

but be unique in my way.

Now these people

who welcomed me

became my new family

inside a world

where trust and friendship

is difficult to attain.

Now I can finally say:

I belong.