A poem to those children who are currently entering into the world of adulthood and are confused as to where their future lies, in this world of evil.
Now I can go to jail
Have for myself, a bad name
If I take the wrong steps
And follow evil men
One that I would carry with me for the rest of life, in shame
One that would follow me till I join my brothers in Hades
I fear for I will soon be leaving the teens
But no worries, for I am still a kid to Him
Now I can serve life imprisonment
For murdering a soul whether I did or did not; since I was there
Now I am a man
What will I grow up as?
A bad or a good one?
I do not know and can not say what I want
For the world is all wrong
And what they see as good is actually not
I am becoming eighteen
I will no longer be known as a teen
But an adult
Who would learn from people and life, all sorts
Now I am a man
What will I grow up as?
Welcome to the world, son
Say this to me for
all I did in the past was learn
Now we’ve gotta put what we learnt to fend for ourselves
In this market of life,|
We’ve gotta struggle to not get behind
Life’s gonna move on whether we like it or not
Whether or not we want it to be solved.
Now I know no thing,
Yet, I plan to and will learn every thing
All I wish to happen, I will do them
And not like them, complain rather than make wishes real.
By the nature of this poem, I would say you well on the way to being an adult in society. I cringe at the idea of 18 suddenly being the age of responsibility. What a foolish notion! I recall taking responsibility for my actions and stopping the childish at around 10. I left home at 18, but could have done it earlier, not a matter of age, but of financially capable of leaving the safety of my parents' earnings.
However, since your skin is dark, unfortunately, people will somehow believe that you are more irresponsible and unthinking than the rest of society and be more willing to lock you up or even kill you for just looking the wrong way… So stupid!
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However, since your skin is dark, unfortunately, people will somehow believe that you are more irresponsible and unthinking than the rest of society and be more willing to lock you up or even kill you for just looking the wrong way… So stupid!
Ron