Familiar Strangers
I can hear my thoughts
As they run through my head
But I forget
That nobody else can
“What does this book remind you of?” says the teacher.
Michael Ondaatje.
Ondaatje is a Dutch name.
Dutch babies are like pancakes.
Pancakes are sweet.
Honey-senpai from Ouran Highschool Host Club likes sweets.
Ouran Highschool Host Club is an anime.
“It reminds me of anime!” I say.
It is funny.
Everyone laughs.
I laugh with them.
But inside I can hear myself crying.
A faint cry of a cruel world
Who puts me in boxes
Of ‘random’, ‘awkward’, or ‘weird’.
So I laugh.
To hide my voices.
This poem is about:
Me
My community