I have to do this
For myself
Either way
I'd feel the same

The people who I thought
Were friends
Thought I was theirs
But I don't care
I don't miss them
Particularly
I just miss
Their company

Security in how I act
That's what friends give
And what I lack

But my emptiness
Still held
A place within myself
My friends:
They don't really know me
They're not like who
I want to be
I'm different than them
As they're to me

I went to parties
With them all there
I'd be surrounded
But I'd feel
Like the one and only
Person in the room who cares
That my smile's here to please;
I must put the host at ease...

I've left them now
They're gone, we're through
And now I feel
Completely alone
With no one to which I can go

I had to do this
To myself
It's for the best
The unknown best