Why are you so against me?

Why are you so against me?

What have I done?

Why do you despise me?

And look at me as if I am dumb?

Don’t say it’s not true

Because I know it is

From the looks you give me

From the words that you don’t say

You have been against me from the start

I do not know why

You have judged me from day one

And that judgement has not changed

Why are you so against me?

What have I done?

Why do you despise me?

And look at me as if I am dumb?

Don’t say it’s not true

As I know it is

Other people can see it

From the way you act towards me

You snub me when you see me

You ignore me when I am there

You treat me different from the others

As if I was a leper and contagious

Are you jealous of me?

That cannot be the answer

As there is nothing in me

For you to want

Have I stolen something of yours?

Do you want what I have?

Are you jealous of that?

If so, why?

  

Are you jealous of me?

There is no reason to be

In many ways we are similar

Maybe that is the problem

Why are you so against me?

What have I done?

Why do you despise me?

And look at me as if I am dumb?

Joanne Kennedy

October 2000 ©