Alien

By Arushi Bansal

Amid this chaos

The people, the voices

I feel this tingling in my gut

I feel lost.

Surrounded by friends, strangers rather

Murmuring, laughing, talking

They speak a language

I no longer wish to comprehend.

I tried, pretending to blend in

Putting up a good facade

But I’ve never been able to click

There’s something that doesn’t fit.

Maybe I am wired differently

I don’t belong here

And now I don’t want to stay.

I wish to run away

Escape.

Wander out into the wild

Seeking a sense of belonging

Scavenging for my kind

Us, the aliens:

The ones who just don’t fit in