We’re Outsiders

We’re outsiders 

We hear death’s lullaby song. 

We wonder what we did to deserve this punishment. 

We see people fading away like ghosts.  

We worry we won’t make it another day. 

We want to be a part of the world around us, 

But we’re outsiders. 

We pretend to be all right and held together, but we’re not. 

We feel the emptiness closing in around us. 

We touch the invisible chains that imprisoned us here. 

We worry that we’ll be thrown back into the darkness again. 

We cry no more for help, 

Because we’re outsiders. 

We understand that we can never belong. 

We say don’t give up on yourself. 

We dream of a better future. 

We try but it’s so hard to believe. 

We hope to be happy, 

For we’re outsiders who want to be seen.