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Broken System, Broken Spirit
Well, kid let me tell you a story... life isn’t as it seems.
You’ll get cut and pushed down
just for what you dream
about. Life will seem
like a crystal lake
but in reality, it's like broken glass.
There are so many things that could hurt you in this world
and you can’t do anything about it.
No one would believe you in this little world
because they think the world is full of liars.
People want to believe in the unbelievable
and think miracles can happen
but they can’t. People only listen
when they have money.
If you want to be heard
you have to make it clear
and worth listening to.
People think being a kid is easy
when we go through so much depression and anxiety.
We are sometimes scared to even walk out of our houses
because we don’t know if we will ever return home.
We get to school and it is like a battlefield
because there are so many toxic people
and so many people are dying.
Parents think we are safe once we leave the house
but in reality, their kids are dying
every time they get to school because no one is helping
us when we are in trouble.
We are screaming for help
but no one hears us until
it's too late and...
we end up dying.
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I am a high school student at Cherokee High School in East Tennessee. I'm in the ROTC program. I wrote this poem to tell a story about how life isn't always fair and that we must be strong for one another in these hard times.