I look around me
They're all smiling,
They're all happy.
Why aren't I?
My friends look concerned,
Am I all right? What's wrong?
I'm fine, I say
And they turn away.
I look around me,
And find those who've hurt me
They're smiling; They beat me.
I become angry.
No one notices.
My face is neutral.
A joke is told,
I laugh.
I look around me,
And see the faces of those I care.
Do they know? Do they care?
I look away, becoming ashamed.
Am I really loved? Will I be?
All these questions haunt me.
And all I can do,
Is look around me.
