Being in the same class year after year
Made me shake and brought me fear.
How much longer could I take the pain
You managed to give me again and again.
At the time not knowing why
You could make me sad and want to cry.
Then years later I saw your best friend
And she helped some of my pain to mend.
Finding out you really liked me
Allowed my pain to cease to be.
Then after reflection I found instead
That confusion and anger entered my head.
The uncaring and unfeeling treatment I was given
Can never in my mind be totally forgiven.
To be treated in such a way
I'll remember 'til my dying day.
I vowed never again to be so weak
Innocent, naïve, and oh so meek.
So I built myself a wall
And to the world I said, "Fuck 'em all!"