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Broken System, Broken Spirit

May 10, 2024
By NaomiB2025 BRONZE, Rogersville, Tennessee
NaomiB2025 BRONZE, Rogersville, Tennessee
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Favorite Quote:
If you don't take a leap of faith you will never know the outcome of what it could've been


Well, kid let me tell you a story... life isn’t as it seems.

You’ll get cut and pushed down 

just for what you dream 

about. Life will seem 

like a crystal lake 

but in reality, it's like broken glass. 

There are so many things that could hurt you in this world 

and you can’t do anything about it. 

No one would believe you in this little world 

because they think the world is full of liars.

People want to believe in the unbelievable 

and think miracles can happen 

but they can’t. People only listen 

when they have money. 

If you want to be heard 

you have to make it clear

and worth listening to.


People think being a kid is easy 

when we go through so much depression and anxiety. 

We are sometimes scared to even walk out of our houses 

because we don’t know if we will ever return home. 

We get to school and it is like a battlefield 

because there are so many toxic people 

and so many people are dying. 

Parents think we are safe once we leave the house 

but in reality, their kids are dying

every time they get to school because no one is helping

us when we are in trouble. 

We are screaming for help 

but no one hears us until 

it's too late and...

we end up dying.


The author's comments:

I am a high school student at Cherokee High School in East Tennessee. I'm in the ROTC program. I wrote this poem to tell a story about how life isn't always fair and that we must be strong for one another in these hard times. 


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