Chapter 22: -kids like me-

Darkness (A book full of poems)Words: 1622

Crying alone

In a corner

You tell me "Just be happy,"

But how can I be happy

When kids like me are dying

How can I be happy

When kids like me

Are being killed by guns,

Being killed by pills?

How can I be happy

When kids like me

Feel they can't trust

Anyone, because the government

Rips them away from their families

Not needing to.

You say it's gonna be okay,

And I'm told it'll get better,

But how is it gonna get better if everyone

Is wearing fake smiles; how is it going

To get better if you can't make one

Simple change in

Yourself to see the truth

Instead of listening to all the

Liars;

Even if seeing the truth

Means standing in political fires.

Yeah, you say to just be content,

But how can I be content

When your heart is as hard as

A stone; all the while

Kids like me are out getting stoned

Just to feel some sort of high

That will numb the pain.

How can I be content when kids

Like me become so shattered

Because they can't see they actually

Mattered.

You say you're so sick

Seeing the sappy look

On my face, and that you

Want to see me to be joyful for once.

But please tell me how

I'm supposed to be joyful

When all this world does is

Divide us, because they can't see

We are all one race.

Why can't you see that

I want to be jolly, but

How am I supposed to be jolly

When I see the teen suicide rate go up,

Because of all the hate.

How am I supposed to be jolly

When kids like me constantly

Feel like they are a waste of space.

Do you want to see me merry?

Then for God's sake tell me how

I'm supposed to be merry

When theirs so much

Evil going on inside

Of so many fake people

Who pretend they're doing

Good!?