Nobody Knows Me

No friends Only enemies Like a pride of starving lions They wait For me to walk through those doors They attack Viciously with their words I am cut deep Not in the flesh, but in the soul Nobody knows me Nobody sees me for who I am Nobody cares No escape Only a constant torturous school day Like I’m drowning in my own sorrow They glare Eyes piercing right through me They laugh A horrific and bone-chilling sound I am sinking further Nowhere to go but down Nobody knows me Nobody sees me for who I am Nobody cares No help Only myself against the rest Like a smoldering wildfire They consume me Burning words licking at my body They scorch me Rumors singeing my pride I am unable to breath No free air left Nobody knows me Nobody sees me for who I am Nobody cares No direction Only a maze of distasteful chaos Like I am in a room with no door They blind me A peaceful life is out of sight They mislead me The way to a happy me is not found I am lost No idea where I’m going Nobody knows me Nobody sees me for who I am Nobody cares No more Only confidence and strength Like I am finally awake from a terrible dream They are wrong I am intelligent, determined, and driven They will one day see I am something more, something important, something worthy I am capable of being anything I choose No limits on what I can do and who I can be Nobody knows me Nobody sees me for who I am Nobody cares But one day, oh one day, THEY WILL