15 December 1985

DID YOU HEAR ME OR JUST LISTEN?

It’s 
when you 
look at me, 
from the outside, 
I appear composed, 
disciplined and balanced. 
It’s hard pretending all’s ok. 


When looking at me inside, 
I tell a different tale, 
I seek approval, 
I’m insecure, 
anxious, lost 
lonely 
too!

Do you know what it is like 
being a teenager,
in today’s new world, 
where your mistakes 
are quickly 
pointed 
out.

Yet, 
when I 
tried to speak, 
nothing but a 
garbled mumbled voice 
tries to rise above the 
surrounding blended noises. 

Every once in a while, 
it would be nice to hear, 
of things I do right, 
good things I do 
as your praise 
means more 
now.


struggle 
finding me, 
and the person 
I am becoming 
with each and every day 
as I don’t know what fits right. 

I may act like nothing’s wrong, 
but I hide it quite well, 
wouldn’t you agree? 
I learned to hide 
by blending 
in with 
crowds. 

I just need more role models, 
showing how to become 
a man in spirit, 
mind and not just 
body but, 
the whole 
deal.


hope you 
heard my words, 
not just listened 
to my cry for help, 
as it is not easy 
being a teenager now. 


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