Don't Understand

I don't understand

The whispers in the dark

The hushed voices when I come near.

I don't understand

The stares I get

When I walk through the hallways

The way you all talk

About me when you think I'm asleep.

I'm not.

I can hear everything.

But I don't understand.

I don't understand

Why you left me

All alone

Scared

And depressed.

I don't understand why

I have to duck my head and run

Away from all the startled glances and hushed voices.

Why I have to shy away from groups of people.

Why I must remain on the edges.

I don't understand what's wrong with me

Why people must whisper behind raised hands.

No one will explain to me

I'm scared.

And as usual,

I'll be the last one to know what's going on.