Ode to Teenage Angst
I woke up one day
and all that I had known and felt comfortable with, was suddenly odd, and tight and itchy.
I had to stretch out my arms and feel around, stumbling and tripping for my body felt strange.
Confused and hurt, then angry, then sad I looked in the mirror and what I saw was a mess!
And why on earth can't they understand what I'm trying to say or how I feel!!
And speaking of how I feel, I hate my classes– I don't want to go to the dance, no one likes me,
and yeah, Jamie gets better grades, but his parents do all the work, and Suzie cheats!!
And while we're at it, my dad thinks I'm lazy, and my mom treats me like I'm still a baby!
And they're fighting a lot, and maybe they won't be together, and my kid brother's already bigger than I am,
and my older sister doesn't want me around,
and what happened to my body!
And we've moved and I don't know how to make new friends,
and what if they do drugs, or alcohol, and have parties where they "hook-up"
and I need an excuse not to go, but I want to go and how come my parents don't trust me!
and I wish my parents would not push as hard about sports and grades,
and why can't I have more privacy... and why can't they understand that even when I don't want to talk or explain
that I really don't know how to cope, and I need them-
I need them a lot-to be around-to be around, a lot!
So many conflicting feelings I could not balance, so many thoughts I could not share so many fears I could not express.
Welcome to this age when nothing would ever be the same,
when friends would come and go like the wind and feelings would blow swift and deep and wreck havoc,
and never ever, would I think, end.
It took so long to realize that, in fact, it was so short, and once survived,
would never return, ever.
Margo Judge
From Book-On-Line:
H20 to Go! Growing Emotional Resilience and Navigating Through Childhood with heart, Humor & Optimism
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