surrounded
“i am surrounded by a crowd,
but i can’t seem to find myself in it.
maybe i lost myself
trying to fit in
between the noise, the faces,
the versions of me they wanted to see.
maybe i don’t want to know—
where i am,
who i am,
or even what i’ve become.
have i changed
or disappeared?
have i become
a stranger to my own soul
just by trying to belong?
maybe
i will never
find myself
again.”