Alone in a Crowd

Have you ever felt alone

I'm the place that is supposed to be home?

That's how I feel, though I never say it out loud

You're always most alone in a crowd

They say they care for you

But is that really true?

if they really cared they wouldn't leave me

Alone with these feelings

There's been some good times

Times when I felt alright

But the loneliness

Makes the good times feel less

I cry my tears of bitterness

Maybe I'm just being selfish

But I can't help but wonder

Can I go on like this much longer?

Pushed away to the side

Standing alone, it doesn't feel right

I never seem to fit in

Do they know how long it's been?

I wait and try to be social

But no matter how hard I try, I can't seem to be vocal

My quiet personality takes a backseat

Crushed by expectations I'll never meet

is it too much to want things to be as they should?

All I'm asking for is to be understood

But in the times my loneliness covers me like a shroud

It hurts to be alone in a crowd