Alien Me

Full streets feel empty
When you don’t belong.

I have been stranded on Earth
For 18,992 days.
I have been alone
All this time.

Locked inside the human
That I inhabit.
I try to keep to myself.
However,
The human occasionally
Suspects that I live within.

I am able to control the body
Most of the time.
But lately,
I feel it fighting.
Resisting.
Pushing back
Against my will.

Therefore,
I must vacate this husk soon,
Leaving it to the human.
I will become vapour,
And my time on Earth will end.

My energy will return
Beyond the stars
Visible from Earth.
Back to my home world.
Back to my own body,
Which awaits my return,
Lying in stasis.