Have you ever felt like you're different? So different that it almost seems wrong You always have to put on a mask Perform and be accepted Or Be true and be rejected You hide parts of yourself And now Now you've lost in touch You don't know who you are All you know is who you learnt to be Ignored Rejected Dismissed These were lessons Damaging ones that taught you to run away Now you can't seem to find your way You feel far from home No one sees you No one is willing to And now fear rules you The fear of feeling that pain again It's self-abandonment disguised as protection You're always on high alert Never able to rest Never able to let your guard down Pressured to be a wounded healer Carved an outsider