Be a Stranger

This apartment
Was rented for a reason
But not the one
Others might suspect
I’m not sure
I am missed or if he even notices
I’m not home
But it doesn’t really matter
I came here to be a stranger
In order to have tried everything
And after all I am used to
Be treated like one
I came here to be a stranger
In order to have tried everything
And after all I am used to
Be treated like one
I grew old at nineteen
But it didn’t seem to bother him
He said he liked what he saw
If he looked at me at all
So I packed what I had
Determined to become
Someone rather than anyone
I came here to be a stranger
In order to have tried everything
And after all I am used to
Be treated as one
I came here to be a stranger
In order to have tried everything
And after all I am used to
Be treated as one