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.