Remember that girl

Remember that girl?
the one that never spoke
she was always so quiet
some think her voice was broke

She would sit in the back
With a hoodie to hide in
she'd never answered the teachers
many different questions

She would never smile
Not one laugh ever escaped
some thought she wasn't human
she had never had a date

In gym she wouldn't dress down
She'd just stand in jeans and a hoodie
She would always participate
But without dressing down
she would never get credit

she was never at lunch
she would be reading alone
and no one ever knew why
she was antisocially prone

They never knew why
She didn't speak
they didn't bother to think
why they never saw her arms and legs

They didn't wonder
why she read to escape
They never knew their silence
Was screaming in her ears

They didn't think
She wasn't content with life
That's because they never took the time
To look into her eyes