James Edward Lee Sr. Poet Dramatic Monologue

I'M a Teen This Is What I Struggle With

{This "Free Verse" entry Received HONORABLE MENTIONS
              IN THE Intergenerational Poetry to Bridge the Generation
                    Contest UNO  Elders & Youth track" 2017
                                  UNIVERSITY OF OMAHA
                                    OMAHA, NEBRASKA}
                        (I was the only male entry in contest)
                               
                                     October 15, 2017



                   I'm A Teen This is What I Struggle With

I’m a teenager I’m upset depressed
Being so,
I’m A teen this is what I struggle with
And I ain’t gonna call you mam or sir
That’s in the history books nobody does that anymore
I represent 30 percent of us that are one or been bullied
All adults want to do is make us study
I close to being grown you don’t understand
I know as much or more than a woman or man
I’m A teen this is what I struggle with
I am tired of always being diss
I ‘m a teen this is what I struggle with
Feel like I’m imprisoned, these are our teen issues
I have a right it’s my body part selective if I selective
It’s my life if I choose to be sexually active
My life complicated I’m not the only one you used drugs smoke pot now what
Back in your day
Getting drunk the past month I also say
My life, my right again you did that too by the way
I’m A teen this is what I struggle with
I am tired of always being diss
My message is I’m not heard, I’m hurt
I eat the wrongs things I get big obese some of us throw up
You can call it stayin thin being bulimic
Can’t get no education, don’t have patients for them
They can’t teach or tell me nothing gonna drop of school
Maybe I’ll join the Army
Where are the grownups when I have my problems peer pressure?
They don’t have an answer for them
I’m A teen this is what I struggle with
I am tired of always being diss
The sexting, hot man what a body, But when I get older that picture still out there
Don’t have to be beaten up physically now it’s done electronically, on social media
Just when I think I can control my life and mind
On screen violence TV shows, movies and violence video games
Keep me wake for weeks and days
I am tired of always being diss
I’m A teen this is what I struggle with

09/26/17
written by James Edward Lee Sr.
for Intergenerational Poetry To Bridge Generations Elders & Youth 2017 Contest

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Arthur Vaso September 26, 2017 at 9:28 PM I really liked what you did with this, building bridges of any kind is always good, and your prose also strike at the heart of many issues that know no age! :) James Edward Lee Sr. October 31, 2017 at 4:32 PM These are the truths that the teen/youths are struggling with right now. Despite contrary believe. Sin and good/bad behavior just repeats over and over again. (There's nothing new under the sun. . .) thanks Arthur ---James