Different

I'm not like them and I don't know why

The other kids don't like me and I don't know why

I'm good for teacher, in school I try

I'm nice and like the things they do

Like pizza, recess, and movies, too.

They call me stupid and I don't know why

They won't play with me and I don't know why

Can't they see I'm a kid like them?

I don't hit them, hurt them, or call them names

They still don't let me join in games.

They laugh at me when I walk by

They say bad things that make me cry

I don't understand what I did

Is it my hair? My clothes? My toothy grin?

I'm not that different, yet I don't fit in.

It's like they know there's a secret

To survive each day I just have to keep it

I think they know that I have a secret

Buried inside, locked up, shut tight.

But I can't stop thinking about last night.

I try to fit in and it's hard

I think they see my soul so scarred

It's like they think I'm diseased

They like to see me stay outside

Away from them, I'm not their kind.

I wish that they could simply see

The kind of good friend I could be

I wish that I could share my secret

And dreams, wishes, stories too

I wish that I could start life anew

I have to pretend that everything is alright

Or it will be worse, I live in fright

Much of my heart is broke apart

I pray for mercy and for relief

That day won't come is my belief.

I'm so young and so sad inside

Each day I have something else to hide

Far too young to know much in life

The saddest truth is I want to die

Even sadder, I'm only five.