Was there a word
For the different you felt
As yet again your reaction
Blundered loudly in front of everyone?
Was it that you were too eager?
Too impulsive?
Were they talking in secret code?
You thought their meaning was plain
And so you responded
To be met once more
With eye rolls
And sniggers
Why was it you that was wrong?
Why was it not they who should 
Rethink
The inauthenticity of their words?
Are we supposed to all agree
That the truthful hearts 
Of our young ones
Should learn to be insincere
To lie
To feel and not declare it?
To experience life
In a very real way
And yet pretend they do not?
If your different makes you
More honest
More genuine
And more real than them
Then do not hold it back
Be yourself
Others hiding in plain sight
Await your bravery
That they may join you