Do You Know How it Feels?

Do you know how it feels
To like somebody for years
But there's nothing you can do about it
Because they don't really care?

Do you know how it feels
To get your dog run over
And you watched him die
When you were only four?

Do you know how it feels
To have a baby
When you're only fifteen
And in your mind, abortion is a maybe?

Do you know how it feels
To move more than once a year
So you try not the make any friends
And to anyone who tried, you make that clear?

Do you know how it feels
To want to be loved
And hugged and kissed
And all of the above?

Do you know how it feels
To not ever have any friends
And you feel as if
It's gonna be like that until the end?

Do you know how it feels
To never get A's
Because every school is different
And your school never stays the same?

Do you know how it feels
To always be called a freak
And you've been called names so many times
That your heart feels weak?

Do you know how it feels?
Well, I do.
I know how it feels
What about you?

Rachel Crombie--8//17//04