Reminder:

The writing on this blog is from teens who are in a lockdown facility called O&A. O&A stands for Observation and Assessment, a 45-day period ordered by the courts where their behaviors, attitudes, and skills are charted for their juvenile judge.

Friday, December 23, 2011

Class Poetry: "The world doesn't understand"

The world doesn't understand
What's going on in me
I work hard to have
a good destiny
I always look forward
to the future as far
as the eye can see
but the world doesn't understand
what's going on in me.

AS, age 17

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The world doesn't understand
What's going on in me
The world can only comprehend what's going
wrong with me
well obviously
even a young man could point at everything
wrong with me
do you want me to show you how
much of a bad man someone can be
I can pull out a video clip and show you how
visually
Looking at me with that dumb smug look, casually
Judgin a book by its cover, pfft, honestly
This is why the world doesn't understand
what's going on in me.
The world can only comprehend what's going
wrong with me, Ima tell you positively
that I can show you how much of a real man  that
I can be
or I can show you how much of a bad man that I can be
I can pull out the deepest, darkest anger and show you physically.

JA, age 17


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The world doesn't understand
What's going on in me
The world only see's what's 
wrong with me they don't 
see the good things in
me they cant see the 
good thing I do for my 
family. 

VR, age 16

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The world doesn't understand
What's going on in me
Conflicts of the mind
hurts of the heart
trying to live my life
not knowing how it'll end
but who cares
every things ends in the end.

CH, age 16

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The world doesn't understand
What's going on in me
Depression, regresion, love from 
above. I know my life is messed
up but Im not top thug. so death
my breath Im happy life's best.

JC, age 12

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The world doesn't understand
What's going on in me
so much pain you can't even see me cause
people don't even pay attition to me ya'all
don't know how I feel with all this pain inside
me. 

TA, age 15

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The world doesn't understand
What's going on in me
By what do you mean? 
I have nothing to hide,
no reason to flea.
By the looks of it nothing to see.
To be honest, I feel quite free!

CW, age 15

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The world doesn't understand
What's going on in me
they don't know what I 
boen through so just let me
be trying to go the right 
pat but the gang life just
wont let me. 

EA, age 15

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