Invisible

As I sat behind a group of girls,
 I heard—
 How ill-fated I am,
 “My dad will never buy me a new BMW.”

She felt desperate after failing in one subject,
 Her friends tried to calm her down,
 Loads of concern were showered,
 She cared…

About marks,
 About money,
 About what she didn’t have.

Then how about the one who—
 has never been loved?
 Who has zero friends?
 Who was loved, but just for a shorter while?
 Whose gift never got opened?
 Who was given false promises?
 Who was just an option?
 Who has been a loner since schooling?
 Who was always asked to adjust?
 Who was helpless?
 Who accepted all the insults and still stayed quiet?
 Who was an introvert?

Who smiled in silence,
 And cried without a sound…

Who sat in the same room,
 Yet felt completely invisible.

Who didn’t complain—
 because no one ever asked?

And still…
 Showed up every single day,
 Carrying a heart
 No one ever tried to understand.