People | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. People

People

October 7, 2010
By Kael96 PLATINUM, Shiloh, New Jersey
More by this author
Kael96 PLATINUM, Shiloh, New Jersey
32 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Just a small town girl/ living in a lonely world/ took a midnight train/ going anywhere.&quot;<br /> -Journey

View profile

People
People say words.
People lie.
Do they know what they’re causing
when they don’t even try?
People do things.
People misbehave.
Do they think stupid actions
make them seem brave?
People blame others.
People accuse.
Do they realize it’s just another
form of abuse?
People lack sympathy.
People don’t care.
Do they think we don’t carry our own
burden of despair?
People break apart.
People fall through.
Do they think there’s no one out there
who’s been left alone, too?
People gossip.
People ruin the truth.
Do they really want to
seem so uncouth?
People are people.
People are us.
Do they really need us to have sorrows to
make themselves feel free?

© Eveliz V., Bayamon, Puerto Rico

The author's comments:
People are a hard species to understand. I once heard a quote that I want to share with you. "When science finally locates the center of the universe, some people will be surprised to learn they're not it."
Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
The Top
By imperfection GOLD
Gilroy, California
imperfection GOLD, Gilroy, California
17 articles 9 photos 45 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Dream as though you&#039;ll live forever, live as though you&#039;ll die today.&quot;<br /> ~James Dean (1931-1955), American Motion Picture Actor, symbol of rebellion

View profile
Poetry
Death After Life
By sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM
West Jordan, Utah
sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM, West Jordan, Utah
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments
View profile
Poetry
The Death Sentence
By Chris Shu BRONZE
Fort Lee, New Jersey
Chris Shu BRONZE, Fort Lee, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Motley Crue: I really hear you
By Arbys GOLD
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Arbys GOLD, Dobbs Ferry, New York
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.&quot;Edgar Allan Poe<br /> &quot;A dream doesn&#039;t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~Colin Powell&quot; ~ Colin Powell<br /> &quot;Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom <br /> &quot;A poem is never finished, only abandoned.&quot;-Paul Valery

View profile
Poetry
The Unraveling Scarf
By kiwi12 PLATINUM
Austin, Texas
kiwi12 PLATINUM, Austin, Texas
28 articles 10 photos 365 comments
View profile
Poetry
I want a guy...
By grlgotgame BRONZE
Chillicothe, Ohio
grlgotgame BRONZE, Chillicothe, Ohio
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Girls with butts like mine, don&#039;t talk to boys with faces like yours.&quot;

View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 2 comments.

HopeRising BRONZE said...
on Oct. 30 2010 at 7:56 pm
HopeRising BRONZE, Desloge, Missouri
2 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I&#039;ll carry your books, carry a torch, carry a tune, I&#039;ll carry on, carry over, carry forward, Carry Grant, cash and carry, carry me back to old Virginia, I&#039;ll even &#039;hari-kari&#039; if you show me how, but I will not carry a gun.&quot; -Hawkeye M*A*S*H

View profile
absolutely amazing!!!!!   I think you really hit the nail on the head with this one.
Alex_Durham GOLD said...
on Oct. 22 2010 at 2:07 pm
Alex_Durham GOLD, Vineland, New Jersey
14 articles 1 photo 234 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

View profile
This is beautiful... not because its worded wonderfully - which it is - but because the reader receives a great message.