It wasn’t easy
Being what I am
Not one of the team
Wore my real face
Amongst a sea of matching masks
I should have been the one
To write the commencement speech
Subtle emotions brought forth on stage
All the things we all knew but wouldn’t acknowledge
All the hindsight of the retrospective
Yet I needed to leave
Because I wasn’t ever really a member
According to their definitions
And lack of understanding
I lacked the ability to teach them
What to me felt like breathing
We have such beautiful faces
Words not said and letters not read
Our songs too silent
I’ll bring the words now filled with the beauty we waited to share
We are here now and it’s not too late