people like me

nobody cares
what i say or do
but of course, why should they care about me,
when they can care about you.
why should anybody care whether i am smart
instead of stupid?
because they'd rather have a sweetheart.
instead of spending time with me,
there is cool people with to be.
all people do is stare at me smugly
because they are popular and i am ugly.
it is all i can do to sit silent in my seat but none of you knew,
because nobody cares about me.
they'd rather care about what they are going to do.
it is so plain to see
so do try to hide it.
i know nobody cares about me.
i also know i will die.
nobody cares,
so nobody'll cry.
when my time is done
and i am dead,
nobdy'll care, not one.
because nobody cares.
at least not about me.
but popular people will never see
why it matters to people like me.
(c)2004 corrinna reed