What's it like to be a teen. <br />In America today. <br />How does it feel to starve yourself. <br />And pretend that its okay. <br /> <br />How does it feel to cut your wrists. <br />And love what you don't need. <br />How does it feel to lose control. <br />In the very life you lead. <br /> <br />How does it feel to find relief. <br />In popping little pills. <br />How does it feel to be on drugs. <br />Knowing that it kills. <br /> <br />How does it feel to have your body. <br />Abused by evil men. <br />How does it feel to be on sale. <br />Since the age of ten. <br /> <br />How does it feel to be the outcast. <br />At a school that won't understand. <br />How does it feel to be laughed at. <br />And pushed 'till you can't stand. <br /> <br />How does it feel to be ignored. <br />By parents that just won't care. <br />How does it feel to cry alone. <br />When no one can be there. <br /> <br />How does it feel to shut your door. <br />To the world that lays outside. <br />How does it feel to hate yourself. <br />When all the good has died. <br /> <br />How does it feel to be a teen. <br />With scars all down your wrist. <br />How does it feel to live today. <br />In a world thats just like this.<br /><br />Silence Dogood<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-its-like-to-be-a-teen-how-does-it-feel/
