Parallel Pieces

A little moment please, to all the world,

I promise that I won't keep you all long,

But I've spent far too long with feelings curled

Beneath the rug on my heart, to stay strong.

See, I don't think you all truly fathom

The feeling of being "not like them"

And knowing that one little slip-up will brand

Me as an outsider, someone foreign.

We're parallel pieces, you all and I,

Opposing types of people on the earth,

And nothing I try to do, say or cry

Can change the fact we were different at birth.

I know I'm projecting, known all along,

My feelings don't dictate what's right and wrong.

El Meu Amic

I imagine you're not surprised it's me,

That girl from your childhood, now your friend,

But I've not said thanks to you yet, you see,

Since I was afraid of when it would end.

And I was never good with social cues –

Except nowadays, I've been quite aware

That you were there, and it was me you'd choose

When all the other kids had ceased to care.

I hope this doesn't sound odd – pardon me,

For I know that you've got someone else now,

But thank you, friend, for being there, always

When you could have gone and I'd have allowed.

And I've recalled those days all in my mind

And till you read this, to that you were blind.

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