I am

I am just a kid. That’s what everyone says. I haven’t lived as long, learned as much, or worked as hard. My seniors brush me off and push me away, as if I’m just a blooming pest. I am just a teen. No one takes what I have to say. My words are soft as wood among a world of steel. Emotions flooding like a wild river, Each day drowns me. I just need to learn to swim. I am just a woman. My clothing regulates their attention. I live as one of them yet, My body is not one of my own. Land of the free they say, But only for those with green. I am just a Human. Life doesn’t feel worth living. Brains melt on the pavement we walk. Mouths full of gunpowder and metal. Pills scattered across a pale body. This is the world we live in. Thank god, I am just a kid.