The End of the World

Snapshots of teenage melodrama:
not having the sense to stay out of the rain, 
the latest hits broadcast over the cafeteria speakers,
a night out, with boisterous boys and giggling girls in cars,   
first heartbreak. It seems like the end of the world - silly, isn't it?

The end of the world?  Lights out?  I'm on board.
Walking alone at night, taunted by shouting boys and giggling girls, "freak" - 
stood up, by an empty cafeteria, "you're gonna wish, you wasn't born at all",
standing alone, under the driving rain, unable to find a reason to live or move –
pictures of Hell, found at fifteen.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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Godwin Avatar
July 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
If only they realized how short those teenage were compared to the totality of their life. BUT a teenager intensely interprets those years as a definition/finality of their life. Good parents make all the difference; people need a license for everything, but any idiot can have a baby, and they do. I've sent you a soup mail. Poetry hugs ... CayCay
Crandall Avatar
August 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Yes, they have a whole different sense of time, that's for sure.
Etgen-Baker Avatar
July 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
having taught high school for many years, I can attest to the drama and selfish propensity of teens. I don't understand them. Perhaps they're just crazy ??? :-) enjoy your evening, Sara
Crandall Avatar
August 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
haha, high school teacher, eh? I thought about doing that, but I could never maintain any kind of discipline when I student taught.
Baker Avatar
July 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Me too, David. It's crazy to me. I don't know what it is to them. They probably don't know either. LOL Have a nice weekend, my friend. Bill
Crandall Avatar
July 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Have a great weekend Bill!
Wolf Avatar
July 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Teens these days. They just don't want to wait 5 billion years or so for the sun to heat up, I guess. Impatient whippersnappers, lol.
Crandall Avatar
July 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I guess it's a little early to be thinking about moving to Mars! :-))
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