America’s Beauty Gone
Oh how beautiful and lovely
She once was,
But yet, the world spoiled
Her royal image
With bad blood.
Risen from the mighty heroes,
From high above,
Then dragged down with
War of her loved ones.
Every tear she slowly sheds,
Is for her every child,
She once had.
She looks for a man
Who can simply care,
Yet, they’re corrupted
With evil, greed and power.
Oh how beautiful she once was.
By: J
My Real Life
Youngster living with the hatred of no dad
Always smiling but deep inside I’m mad
Barely home, always out facing danger
He was always home but yet as a stranger
Living a life always full of anger
Always wanted him to be there
Tried talking but all he did was stare
Life sucked and it’s not fair
I love him but acted like I didn’t care
A little bit of life I want to share
Sitting here wishing I wasn’t here
I hate seeing my granny shed tears
We got to be strong and face fears
Life’s not a joke, my problems are real
Life is a foggy place it’s not clear
People messing up their lives for one more hit
I wish life came with a safety kit
People doing dumb things just to fit
Don’t lose your life just for a block
I wish it was a nightmare but I am not asleep
By: C
Caged
I’m locked up in a cage and they won’t let me out
Running back and forth trying to listen for any sound
Yelling and screaming through the door and the sounds get around
Where you have to get a time where you have to watch tv
And where you have to look out for staff while you go pee-pee
Where ninjas think you’re soft because you are singing
To where staff slam you up because you aren’t thinking
A place where kids rock off on each other because of where you live
To where your parents have to come on Saturday and give
To the food being unhealthy to kids catching gout
I’m locked up in a cage and they won’t let me out
By: D
If You Ask Me It’s Crazy
Dang things in this world are just falling apart
Day by day we fight 1000 ways to die
Walking on the streets riding buses it’s crazy out here in the world
We use drugs and alcohol to fight these battles/pain
Parents breaking down crying because of the things we do to get money
Cops pulling you over on the streets for no reason nowadays
Getting caught up for some stupid shhh
Fighting for things we believe in
People talking shhh about people’s gender
Friends turning on you because of what people say
So many things are going wrong with this world
By J
Incarcerated
Incarcerated
You say free
But I’m incarcerated
Stuck looking at four walls
Stuck looking at green, dark blue, purple, grey and dark green
Sweatshirts and khakis with the print sign
DO NOT REMOVE
FROM Y.G.C. PREMISES
PROPERTY OF JUVENILE
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
By: D
Were You…
Where were you when I lost my friend?
When I found out our friendship was just pretend.
Where were you when I came back in here?
When I had to hold on to my sister while I was shedding tears?
Where were you when I was skipping school?
When I was with my friends smoking weed because I thought I was cool?
Where were you when I was in LA?
When I got in trouble because I ran away.
Where were you when my little sister fell down the stairs?
When she was on the floor gasping for air?
Where were you when I lost my cat?
Then to find out that she was dead on somebody’s doormat.
Where were you when somebody hurt me?
When I had nowhere to run and nobody I can see
Where are you now when I need you the most?
I feel like you’re here but not all the way,
Kind of like a ghost.
By: A
Tired
Tired of looking at the same people, tired
Tired of eating the same food, tired
Tired of enduring the same attitudes, tired
Tired of facing my same problems, tired
Tired of seeing the same rude staff, tired
Tired of wearing the same used clothes, tired
Tired of the same irritating people tired
Tired of being friends they’re not, tired
Tired of rocking the same hair style, tired
Tired of missing my baby, tired
Tired of not being able to eat what I want, tired
Tired of being stupid and putting myself in the same predicaments, tired
Tired of laying on the same hard yoga mat beds, tired
Tired of having the same crazy dreams, tired
Tired of looking at hecca girls, tired
Tired of being tired!!!!!!!
By: L.
