Different

You think your life is perfect You get the red crayon in Kindergarten You get the reading passage correct in first grade You get your first crush, first boyfriend, first kiss, first homecoming dance. But one thing is clarified and everything around you changes You no longer fit it You're given medication you didn't even know existed You get extra help And then, people look at you like you're from another planet. The teasing starts and you go back into that dark corner you just left You don't want to leave You begin to avoid your friends because you think that they're going to judge you They start to worry and they text and call you until you answer But you don't answer because you don't want them to know You don't want to be different. You think you're alone so you do tell anyone You don't want them to think of you differently You don't say anything because you think you'll lose friends But then you do lose friends because you didn't tell them. There are deaf schools and blind schools There's a program for dyslexia But there's nothing for ADD and ADHD You just have to deal with it.