Not a Bad Boy

A bad listener at school the teachers all said

But all he does is listen as he lays in bed.

To the shouts and yells, at worst a bump

The smallest sound will make him jump

On the outside he appears so tough

Mean and angry and kind of rough

But on the inside he feels so small

Most days he’d like to curl in a ball

He lives in a world where he has no control

Where his future looks like a bleak black hole

A different boy comes out at school

Its safe , he knows there are firm rules

So the lid comes springing off his feelings

No surprise it leaves teachers and students reeling

For here he can be heard, here he has a voice

Best of all he can make some choice.

Its unlikely the choice will always be good

Really is it fair that  we think it would??