Laughter and commotion emits all around me
we’re together yet not
separated and left to rot
We hang out together yet,
I feel like their final bet
always last picked
always last chosen
I feel trapped
frozen
Been through this before
thought I’d learned more
but I’m still here all the same
with no one but myself to blame
So here I stand
in my own everlasting land
and the walls close in
the noise now dim
All this strain
it consumes my brain
no space left open
I’m trapped
frozen
--Aubrey M., 6th-8th Grade