"In the Rafters" Inspired by Teen Phantom:

In the Rafters

Up this high

I am safe.

Words reach me

without requiring

any response from me.

People are near

without demanding

normalcy.

Behind the lights

I am hidden.

I can see

without being

seen.

I can control

their focus

to where

I think it should be.

In the dark

I matter.

My friends

might be nonexistent,

I might still

be a pariah,

but the stars need me.

They need me

more than I need them.