But Then I Learned
I know
What it is like to be hated
To be treated unfairly and broken apart
And to think I've experienced
The worst of man's heart--
But then I learned
What it is like to be ignored
To be valued too little to inspire
Even the most undesirable of passions
To be worthless in the eyes of some
To think I've seen the worst of what's to come--
But then I learned
What it is like to be invisible
And so incapable of reaching another soul
That I go unnoticed forever.
Indeed, I live in a world by myself
With so little truth discerned
Having only spoken through glass
But this I've learned:
To be hated is no curse--
Indifference is worse