There goes the new girl

Friendless and alone

Let's all whisper rumors

And stare in the hall

That's how it goes

At least in your mind

You always assume they're mocking you

That they hate you

When really

They were new once too

At 5 years old everyone was new

New to school

New to friends

New to the world

But they got used to it

They bonded

At 11 they were all new again

New to middle school

New to puberty

New to how they felt about other boys and girls

New to those awkward transition years

They were all new again

And somehow they were even more scared than before

At 14 it was the same thing

Freshman year nothing but fear

Cause they were new

New to thinking

Thinking about the future

About grades

About life after school

New to highschool

New to work

New

Being new is always scary but growing up you're always new with the same people

Until you aren't

Until you're new all alone

No one knows

Who you are

Where you're from

Nothing

Cause you're new

And all you can do is imagine them thinking

Mocking

Whispering little rumors

But the whispers are loud as shouts

So they may as well

Just yell

And

Point and stare at the new girl

There she goes, walking by

So scared and nervous

So out of place

An outsider trying to infiltrate

There she goes walking by

Yes there goes the new girl

Everyone point and stare