I Always Wanted To Tell You

Teen Boy

I ALWAYS WANTED TO TELL YOU

Mom, I always wanted to tell you…

Simply I love you.

But I never had the guts

And I don’t know why

When I love you very much.

I always wanted to tell you

I appreciate what you do

I wanna do better

I need to be a go getter

And get the sobriety and good life

That I’ve always wanted.

Published in Please Brave Me, Dry These Tears, November 2009

I Am

Teen Girl

I AM

I am a blue diamond spiral.

I am a Cadillac Escalade Infinity and beyond.

I am Skittles from the rainbow.

I am a blue berry tree with emotional pain.

I am a microphone from California.

I am a bed where thugs cry.

I am a pit bull who buzzes around town.

Published in Call It Courage, August 2006.

Because I Wanted To Be Loved

Teen Girl

BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE LOVED

Because I wanted to be loved

I kept all your secrets.

Because I wanted to be loved

I always kept myself in pain.

Because I wanted to be loved

I let you put that needle in my arm.

Because I wanted to be loved

I let you smack me around.

Because I wanted to be loved

I let another one of you touch me

like you owned me.

Because I wanted to be loved

I quit doing drugs.

Because I wanted to be loved

I stood up for myself.

Because I wanted to be loved

I always ran back.

Because I wanted to be loved

I tried never to argue.

I’m sick of trying to be loved,

Go away

I love myself.

If I Could Change My Life

Teen Boy

IF I COULD CHANGE MY LIFE

When I was little, I was a good kid.

I remember playing with other kids

Just to pass the time

And listening to birds chime.

Now I’m seventeen, committing adult crimes

And if I could change my life

I’d go back to being a little kid

When I used to fly kites

And ride bikes

When I was little.