Shrinking in a corner,
pressed into the wall;
do they know I'm present,
am I here at all?

Is there a written rule book,
that tells you how to beâ€”
all the right things to talk aboutâ€”
that everyone has but me?

Slowly I am witheringâ€”
a flowered deprived of sun;
longing to belong toâ€”
somewhere or someone.

Lang Leav

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