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Period 5 Poetry



    For the Month of May TeenNewsNet features the poetry of Alexzandrea Johnson, Sophmore, Samuel Gompers High School, Bronx, NY.   Her works, below, are titled MOTHER'S DAY, LOVE IS BLIND, QUESTIONS and A YOUNG TEEN MISUNDERSTOOD:


*MOTHER'S *DAY*

 A DAY  DEDICATED TO ALL MOTHERS,
FROM MOTHERS WHO ARE RICH,
TO MOTHERS WHO ARE POOR,
FROM MOTHERS WHO ARE ALIVE,
TO MOTHERS WHO ARE LONG GONE,
NO MATTER WHAT,
THEY WENT THROUGH A STRUGGLE TO RAISE YOU,
FROM PUSHING YOU OUT,
TO RAISING YOU TO BE THE BEST,
FROM WORKING HARD TO SUPPORT YOU,
TO POPPING YOU ON THE HAND,
YOU KNOW YOU DESERVE  IT AT  TIMES!
YOU MAY DISRESPECT YOUR MOTHER
BECAUSE YOU FELT YOU WASN'T  WRONG,
BUT CAN YOU REALLY PICTURE YOU LIVING
IN THIS COLD WORLD WITH OUT YOUR MOTHER,
LIKE ME AND OTHER KIDS,
UNLIKE  ME YOU ONE OF THE  LUCKY ONES,
YOU MAY FIGHT AND ARGUE WITH YOUR MOTHER
BUT IT'S ONLY  BECAUSE SHE LOVES YOU,
SO EACH NIGHT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED
TELL YOUR MOTHER YOU LOVE HER,


LOVE IS BLIND

 

YOU SAID YOU LOVE ME,

BUT YOU TURNED AROUND AND HURT ME,

YOU SAID YOU WILL NEVER HURT ME,

BUT YOU TURNED AROUND AND BEAT ME,

YOU PROMISE ME THE WORLD,

BUT ALL YOU GAVE ME WAS BRUISES AND SCARS,

I THREATEN TO LEAVE YOU,

YOU THREATEN TO KILL ME,

I THREATEN TO GO TO THE POLICE,

YOU THREATEN TO KILL MY FAMILY,

 THINKING TO MYSELF THERE'S NO WAY OUT,

SO I MURDER MYSELF.



*QUESTIONS*
 
SO MANY QUESTIONS,
SO LITTLE ANSWERS,
THEY ALL BEGIN WITH "WHY",
MOST
END WITH A LIE,
EVERY WHERE YOU GO
SOMEONE IS ASKING YOU A QUESTION
QUESTIONS
QUESTIONS
QUESTIONS
DON'T YOU PEOPLE GET TIRED OF ASKING
PLEASE MAKE THEM STOP!
WHEN I SLEEP ALL I SEE IS QUESTION MARKS,
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
THEY ASK AND ASK
BUT SOME QUESTIONS JUST DON'T HAVE A RESPONSE


A YOUNG TEEN MISUNDERSTOOD
 
 
 A YOUNG TEEN MISUNDERSTOOD,
ALWAYS ACCUSED OF SOMETHING SHE DIDN'T DO,
  ALWAYS HAVING TO FIGHT FOR HER RESPECT,
BUT NOBODY UNDERSTANDS SHE'S TIRED OF
      MARKING UP HER FACE,
LIVING IN A COLD WORLD, FEELING ALL ALONE,
CRIES AT NIGHT,
BECAUSE HER MOTHER IS NOT BY HER SIDE,
   SHE LOST HER MOTHER AT THE AGE OF NINE,
SHE HAS SO MUCH TALENT BUT NO ONE NOTICES HER,
  BUT IF SHE IS NOTICED IT'S BECAUSE SHE'S
THE LOUD MOUTH, TROUBLE MAKING GIRL,
 SHE HAS SO  MANY FRIENDS FOR ALL THE  WRONG REASONS,
 SHE WONDERS IF SHE COULDN'T FIGHT WOULD THEY BE  HER FRIEND,
SHE WENT IN AND OUT OF FOSTER CARE WITH HER SISTER AND BROTHERS,
EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE A PART THEY STAYED IN TOUCH,
  SHE EVEN GOT HIT BY A  CAR AND ALMOST LOST HER LIFE,
LIVING LIFE FINE IN THE HOSPITAL,
  THINKING WHEN SHE GETS OUT SHE'LL HAVE A FRESH START,
YES SHE WAS WRONG,
NOTHING CHANGED, BUT SHE WONDERS WOULD LIFE EVER CHANGE,
WILL SHE CHANGE OR WILL SHE  STILL BE THAT LOUD MOUTH,
TROUBLE MAKING TEEN.
   
 
          
 



 
 



    If you are interested in being considered for publication as a TeenNewsNet featured Poet of the Month please email your poetry with your name and High School to jeffv@teennewsnet.com
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