Have you ever felt hated?

And not known the reason why

Has anyone ever spurned you?
Then laughed
When they made you cry

One minute
They come to your defense
Then the next
They are your biggest offense

Arrogantly
Strutting a peacock’s plumage
Among all your friends
Their show of charm
Is nothing more than pretense

When you’re nice to them
They pick a fight
There’s something about them
Just doesn’t fit right

But, no matter how difficult they are
You refuse to compete
And as you walk the way of the martyr
Turning to them your other cheek
They smack you in the face
Making them selves look weak

Yet after they inflict unjustified pain
And their fiery print on your face begins to fade
Your heart reaches out to understand
What it is that makes them behave this way

Have you ever felt hated?

And not known the reason why

©BellaNora

03/17/13