Teddy bears and barbie dolls,let's travel to the past
Everything was wonderful..should've known it wouldn't last.
I'm gonna sue the fairy tales for falsly planting dreams
They should've come with a warning"nothing is what it seems."
Everybody played together,fights were over toys
Now they're over rumors,sex,drugs,and boys
Why do we all lie now? And play these aweful games
Why are all the roles reversed? And being good is lame
We use to be so happy,now depression is at its worst
Only concerned with rumors and who will be there first
The girls don't play with barbie dolls,they've changed to something real
No one ever cares how another person feels
The lies are so much bigger,compared to second grade
Of course you have to lie so mom won't know ur getting played
If ur grades are something good,u have to hide ur brain
Make it sound like ur an idiot and make urself sound lame
Well never know what we should do,much less of than what we should not
All that's on our minds is "damn that boy is hot!"
Does anyone remember or are all of us too high?
Who really cares about the past
The present is passing by

*the credit of this poem goes to my 13 yr old daughter
Tell me what u think

Wonderful poem...A credit to your daughter for seeing the reality of how the world is for the young now...

A very nice write, I enjoyed it.

great poem

reminds us of what the young can perceive
it is not such a leap from kindergarten to puberty
shorter still from teen to prime of life
nothing at all after that
so why? we ask
when we know the answer at 13
do so many lose the way?

ITS a GREAT poem,,but,,I would be a little concerned with your daughter's out looks,,wink,Just a me thing here,,and a dad.
Her mention of depression? and her feeling a need to lie? and her not wanting to REALLY show-off her inteligence? Makes me feel a need to talk with her about them,,IF,,she was my girl..No biggy.
Like I said,,its just a little drawn to that,,as my daughter also use to write a lot...
THIS is something you should be very proud of...