why

a child faces being teased at school

why do you laugh?
why do you stare?
at me as though
i'm not really there

I am just a child
how can this be?
who decided you
are better than me?

I come here every day
to feel all of this pain
forced to live in fear
misery and shame

I try hard to ignore it
but you just don't care
you tell me i'm no good
with a hateful glare

I say I won't go back
and face another day
but my mother tells me
there is no other way


I know you must be right
I'm not wanted anywhere
If i was to disappear
who would even care