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.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Class Poetry: "The World Doesn't Understand"

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The world doesn't understand
What's going on in me
because i don't even no what's going
on in me im so confused that i just
want to run away from this world.
and never come back i feel so confused
that i feel that no one would ever
be able to understand me.

AM, age 15


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The world doesn't understand
What's going on in me
I am a human being
everyone wants to be
mean but no one knows
what i have seen all they
say to me is your just a friend
why wont' they treat me
like a human being only if  people
could see everything that i have 
seen then people would think about
being mean. 

TL, age 15

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The world doesn't understand
What's going on in me
the world see a lot in you when
you do good anywhere in the outs
or at your job why cant the doesn't
the world understand you cuz you have
to do good anywhere you are at in the
world.

ZR, age 17

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The world doesn't understand
What's going on in me
the world doesn't understand whats goin on 
in me I just wanna be able to live
in society and not be a trouble maker and
keep my stacks of paper with out dealing
hussuling robbing or stickin up but not I 
know I can. 

KS, age 17

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The world doesn't understand
What's going on in me
I just want to be happy.
But, I- I just can't. Because I just 
saw my mom got murdered.
So I ran upstairs and hid. But, the
killer, I here him coming up the stairs!
But he didn't find me.
But when he left, I was still scared
because I don't have no one left in 
me, all of them are dead. So 
I locked all the doors & feel asleep. And 
then never woke up. 

CU, age 12

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The world doesn't understand
What's going on in me
so much is going on in me
sometimes I want to give up & find a different
place to be.
One day I might just flee.
I hope I can find a better place in me.

ST, age 16

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The world doesn't understand
What's going on in me
I'm just another man
Trying to make a living. 

AW, age 16

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The world doesn't understand
What's going on in me
my liver says hi to my kidney, my
kidney say hi to the brain, the brain
says how r you to the splien, the splien
says hi to the heart.

CS, age 15

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The world doesn't understand
What's going on in me
All they do is judge me
They judge my looks
They judge me by my age
They judge me by what I wear
They judge me by my temper
They judge me by the choices I make
They judge me by the friends I have
They judge me by the way I draw
Why can't everyone calm down and take a look
Take a look at my kind, carring, loving, hopeful
and joyful spirit inside me.
Be more open minded.
Be carring
Be happy
Be peaceful
And just open your eyes there is a world of many possibilitys out there but you won't know until you look. 


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The world doesn't understand
What's going on in me
I feel angry but no one can see me
I feel like I'm invisible and so no one 
cares to look and see 
what I can be when I feel free
so this is me
Take a look inside me
I want to be free
from this discrase inside of me.

CW, age 13

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The world doesn't understand
What's going on in me
My life is so hard
I get in trouble with the
law. Every time I do something
right I think it's wrong. Its
like they put it down on a
card. Keeping track of every 
thing you do just like god
but you don't know there
watching your every move an
action.

HM, age 15

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The world doesn't understand
What's going on in me
I want to be free but its my 
actions that brought me here
I dont' fear on getting more time
in hear I am a monster with out
a lace to show my feelings in me.

RD, age 14










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