I see you laughing at me

You don't care that it

Hurts my feelings

What is it in my nature?

That people see in me?

That makes it okay

For them to say

Whatever the heck

Their thinking

Did I ask for your advice?

Did I want your opinion?

You state it like its fact

And are surprised I'm

Taken back

Thinking where the hell

Did that come from?

What in your brain

Says its okay

To go on treating me

This way?

You can be a stranger

A friend

Or a foe

But get this straight

You think you know

But you don't

Because

You've never tried

To get to know

The person

I am inside.