Out

I’ve lived here for so many years

But it never felt like mine

Walking down these same old streets

Still feeling out of line

I smile just like the others

But something won’t align

Like I’m a page in someone’s story

Left somewhere between the lines

I feel out of context

A word that doesn’t fit

A shadow in the mirror

That never quite commits

It’s not about the time I’ve spent

Or trying to belong

It’s just this quiet knowing

That I’ve been misplaced all along.