People lose their hearts

People lose their hearts
When they grow big
For when I board the public bus
To go learn A B C D
I am expected to pay for the seat.

Were it not for the uniform
I'd not stand in between the seats

The different men and women
Whom I daily see
Are neither mothers nor fathers
To my friends at school
For if they trully were
One could let me rest on laps
By the window
And count the moving tall buildings
1 3 5 7

But see how they squeeze me
Backsitters rushing to alight first
My 8 year old body in between
Threatening to be crashed
Carrying the only heart around.