Listen

She said that I "don't understand"

That I "don't know what she has been through"

I "shout all the time"

And "never listen"



He said "I'm eating wrong"

"Why you eating again?"

"Now eat this"



She said I "should talk more"

"Show her how I feel"

"You talk too much" said she

"I'm busy"



They said I'm "clever"

But now I'm "stupid"

"Those clothes are not right"

And it's "brown not blonde"

"Blue not green"



I said "I don't care"

That "I was 15 once"



Now I don't say anything

And am not there to listen

I don't eat anymore

Where I am

And I definitely can't talk



No one thinks about cleverness

And I've worn these clothes for years

My hairs gone

And my eyes have clouded over,

Dry with dirt

No one will see them where I am



Sometimes I look down and wish,

That it was them who'd have listened