Life is waiting to die.
Life is broken promises,
Shattered dreams and
Stupid ideas that children
Invent.

Life is naughty secrets.
Life is crying at night alone,
Going to bed hungry,
Hearing Mommy and Daddy fighting
And hiding in a
Closet.

Life is old school teachers.
Life is feeling naked in front of the class
Children laughing at your clothes
Sitting alone at recess
Eating stale peanut butter sandwiches
Envying potato chip-eating bullies
Afraid and without jam or
Jelly.

Life is having no girl friends.
Life is cheap haircuts
Looking into mirrors in horror
Being the last one chosen in gym class
Waiting at the end of the line
Not able to speak out loud
Even when you know the
Aanswer.

Life is doing drugs to numb the pain.
Life is wanting to be anyone else but you
Breaking into homes at night
Drinking the occupant’s beer with a
9mm in your lap
Wanting to die in
A police shootout
Bleeding and alone in a dirty parking
Lot.

Life is waiting to die.
Life is being old and alone at night
With unbearable pain and no medication
Trying to remember just one happy moment
Unable to do
So.

Life is simply just waiting to die