Switched at Birth

Sometimes I wonder
if I was switched at birth...

 

since the rest of my family
is loud and boisterous
while I am shy and reserved.

 

I'm sensitive and they know
just the right triggers
to shatter me to pieces.

 

It would make sense for them
to treat me this way if
they knew I wasn't family.

 

But if they are my blood
then I don't understand
how they live with themselves.

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