we havent died yet but we're livin in hell <br />im not locked up but i feel like im in jail <br />they say because we live in the U.S, we have the freedom to be <br />but when i really think about it, i can never be me <br />at school teachers punish and at home our parents try to lock us down <br />then we go into the world and danger is all around <br />the danger of hater, they'r always gonna hate <br />the danger of bein killed, beat up, or possibly raped <br />you cant trust anybody, they'r all the same <br />if they get caught up they'r gonna mention your name <br />your parents might love you but how much really <br />if they loved you like everybody else, would they treat you so differently <br />i cant speak for all when i say life is hard <br />but for me lifes been pain, im never gonna go far <br />i used to have big plans, to be a doctor and work with kids <br />but my parents keep down grading me, they wont let me live <br />its tough for people my age <br />we dont have the power to stick up for themselfs, not even in an abuse case <br />iv had horrible things happen to me that you couldnt even imagin <br />but when i tryed to get the people punished, nothin happened <br />im ready to have my own life, to be my own person <br />but its hard when i think of all the people i'd be hurtin <br />it hurts to know that my friends are there for me before my own family <br />it makes me feel like they could really give a daym about me <br />im ready for a new life, i want ever thing to change <br />but the truth is... everything will always be the same<br /><br />alicia mullins<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/life-will-always-be-the-same/
