Olivia Struthers Poet Free verse

I'M Not Okay

So typical, so cliche
So, not good enough.
The same words
I've been writing pour out
Again and again,
What can I say to 
You that hasn't been 
Said before?
What can I write
That will open your
Eyes to see
I'M NOT OKAY
I'M NOT ALRIGHT
Once again the same
Monotonous words of a thousand 
Kids before me.
Rearranging the pain forcing it out
Like the lines on our wrists
We have no other way to tell you.
You only see when it's to late.
How many silent screams will fill the
Air until someone stops and says,
"Hmm, somethings wrong here."
How many parents will bury their kids 
Crying out at the sky cursing
God 
"Why," they ask,
"Why me, why them, why didn't they give me a warning?"
The tiny scratches or the big cuts
The slow depression of life in their eyes
The slump in their shoulders as they walk through the door
All silent.
Yet all so loud. 
Warnings.

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Eric Boddie November 13, 2015 at 11:21 AM what a profound message that needs to be heard....parents used to pay attention, now they don't want to be disturbed....and the Life of a child is so precious, delicate and fragile....that's why they need to be Strengthened By God from the moment of arrival....;)