Science Fair

"I dared to be in the science fair"

Didn't know what would happen there

But one thing that I did know

Was that my friend had worked so hard.

So imagine my surprise when

Ethan Johnson won first prize and

My friend did not even place

I could hardly smile for pictures.

Why she, who did myself enthral

Risked all her friends, yes, risked it all

Just to reach her hand out

To an outcast like me?

Why she, ever smart and ever brave

Did her hours take to sit and slave

For others to contest

Her vast knowledge?

How can I feel so good, and also bad?

How could I be thrilled, yet also mad?

How would I express this sinking feeling

Save for the pen and paper which I hold so dearly?