This was my English homework a while ago, but I found it and I decided to share it.

I am a stranger, and an outsider that lurks in the shadows.

I wonder if everyone is oblivious to my existence, or if I’m simply ignored by all

I hear the chuckles of my peers as I’m so easily passed by

I see myself dead, with no one at my funeral

I want to show the world who I am and what I have to offer

I am a stranger, and an outsider that lurks in the shadows.

I pretend that I’m complete and that my life is perfectly normal

I feel as though I am slave, and everything I say and do is discarded

I touch the base of the mountain I have yet to climb and the rocks crumble beneath my feet

I worry that I will never amount to anything and my life will have no purpose

I cry out to the world to show my pain but no one lends a helping hand

I am a stranger, and an outsider that lurks in the shadows.

I understand that I have to take fate into my own hands to work at my goals

I say that everything happens for a reason

I dream of making a difference in the society we call home

I try to show my true colors, but they are erased but the insensitivity of others

I hope to became someone of envious status to prove what I stand for

I am a stranger, and an outsider that lurks in the shadows.