Apr 14, 2024
Outside
By Seron Lyndale
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Growing up
On the outside
Separated by a wall of glass
Through which others gawk at you like
You’re an animal at the zoo
No matter how hard
You try
You can’t escape the viewers
Only have new creatures join you
That makes you a comfort
Because you understand too
You
Who grew up inside
But outside too
You understand the stares
And you understand the sheet of glass that separates
Outside, even if promised otherwise.
How we do wait
To be let in
When we both know
We belong behind glass.