Poetry
Reality
by Ashley W.
- Death departure walk away
- Walk out
- Should I or should I not put family and friends I have loved lost and lived.
- How do I trust?
- How do I love again?
- I should move on.
- It’s all in my past
- But my pain lingers in my heart, mind, and soul, damn it.
- Why is the world so cold?
- How can I have faith in God and family when people I love are taken from me?
- Where can I find true and loyal friends?
- I am sick of the lies, fights, and revenge.
- Hurt continually, hurt at a young age.
- How do I get past all of this?
- Show me a sign so I can leave my sadness, crying, and pain behind.
Another Statistic
By Anna C.
- I don’t want to be another statistic
- Some suicidal teen
- Who makes a choice
- To kill herself
- When the world just seems too mean.
- Reality has fallen short
- And so have many of her dreams.
- I don’t want to be another statistic
- Some pregnant little girl
- Who met this great guy
- And then gave sex a whirl.
- But it feels so right
- She thought
- They’d be together
- For more than one night.
- I don’t want to be another statistic
- Some kid strung out on crack.
- He started at a party
- And now he can’t look back.
- First cigarettes and alcohol
- Now meth, crack and cocaine
- He’s been smoking it so long
- That now he’s gone insane.
- I don’t want to be another statistic
- Some kid out of school.
- He thought it was dumb.
- He thought it was boring.
- He doesn’t have an education
- But lives on the street like a bum.
- I don’t want to be another statistic
- Some girl left out in the rain.
- Who was walking home
- From school then raped and left in pain
- She can’t tell her parents
- And it hurt to tell her friends
- She doesn’t know what to do
- To make this nightmare end.
- I don’t want to be another statistic
- Some stereotypical teen
- I’m gonna make a difference
- I’ll finish my dreams.
- I won’t end up pregnant
- On drugs or dead
- Because I’ll use my head.
Charday L., Philadelphia, PA
- "I’m trynna" change my life so I can be your girl
- cuz just knowing I’m with you I feel like I’m "sitting on top of the world"
- It’s making me "so sick"that "I can’t seep at night"
- Up asking God to "let me get this right"
- Things ain’t been the same now that I’m "alone"
- It hurt so bad when u said it was the "end of the road"
- "You" don’t understand the dream I had of being your "wifey"
- I’m "missing you" like crazy I just want you "here with me
- "I don’t care" that you’re with her, I just need you in "my life"
- "Follow me" once again and turn on the "red light"
- I’ll "never let you go"
- I’ll do anything I have to do
- "And I" swear to you I will if you just "let me hold you"
- I don’t know how to explain it
- I mean I’m "on bended knee"
- Baby just give me "4 minutes"
- That’s "all I need"
I PRAY
I pray every night
That you will come back to me
I pray that you will call
So things would go back to the way they use to be
I want to give you
Everything I have
I want to share my life with you
Times good or bad
I fell so hard
Now I can’t get back up
I’m still holding on the love we had
And it’s been two months since we broke up
I’ve never contradicted our love
I also never gave you time
I just wish that I could do it again
I wish that you could be mine
God let her come back to me
This is in my prayers
God please let me have that love
That we once shared
The worst thing in life
That I’ve had to do
Was watch someone else that ain’t me
Fall in love wit you
I don’t think you would ever comprehend
The way that I’ve felt
Until you’ve watched the one you love
Love someone else
Charday L., Philadelphia, PA
LIARS
We talked about the liars
And we talked about cheaters
What we never talked about
Is this question when did you meet her?
We could talk about anything
That was on your mind
But we couldn’t talk about
The fact that you was lying
We said we would work it out
Before something went down
But when I asked you about the girl
You wouldn’t make a sound
We started talking about kids
And saying we should stay together
What I don’t understand is what she got that’s better
We said we would tell each other anything
But let me tell you this
I won’t date another liar
But it will be you
I’ll miss
Charday L., Philadelphia, PA