Angst Teenage Poems

Reluctant to be a child
Unsupervised in the wild
Never dreamed of trafficking 
All the screams inside happening
Wide eyed and busy tail
All points bulletin for sale
Youth is...

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Do you think I had forgotten about you? 

You carried me home when I drank too much. 

Hoisted me over your shoulder, drowning delicately in...

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You won't be remembered as a marvel 
Or a joy or a pleasure or anything 
You won't be loved or hated or thought of 
Your...

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i will write haiku 
so that my big feelings don’t 
take up too much room 

i know well enough
silence wields no rejection
so i stay silent.

the...

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Brother Daylight, Sister Darkness
Oh where do I belong
I stand alone in twilight
Like a singer, short on song
A kite devoid of string
A nickel short a dime
Unsure...

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Mostly the discarded voice
Who is never noticed
That is never heard
Who is mostly ignored like a lone bird


Always the sidepiece
Never the centre
Usually forgotten
Barely remembered


Heartbroken
Voice cracked
Choices regretted
Face...

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Aching to be felt, aching to be seen.
Desperate for love, is it even real?
Its something out of a nightmare,
Similar to a dream.
...

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If only I were a boy
I wouldn't have to deal with the stares
the following
the degrading remarks
the rumors
If only I were a Boy
words i have prayed...

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See the girls on the corner 
In tight tanks 
And micro minis
Popping gum
Locking eyes 
Driving boys wild
See the sunlight 
Outline their curls in gold
Memories of...

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Oh, how I longed to be popular 
back then!
Tell the truth,I was miserable 
as a wet hen.
Was my hair right, did I have 
any horrid...

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The fire and the fury
Misplaced expressions of truth
Punished by society
For my passion, for my youth

The torment coercing
The good in me breaking bad
Torn between right and...

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Counting snakes at stake.
Bringing a skate
to roll straight out
of my mind

Counting doubts and thoughts.
I wanna see it let out.
Living the experience
of being out of place

Vivid...

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From the moment I was born I was considered a miracle
One month premature with so many things wrong 
Many considered me a fighter, and I...

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My mom, with the green
witch's casual, sour malice,  
can verbally kill.

But she is easily
deceived by disguise 
- my body is a mask.

My submission is
but...

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Nowadays I wake up hoping for the unpredictable - the novel.
When I open my eyes the angel of death isn’t out to get me.
Then -...

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