Remember When by Annabelle Byrd
Remember when we all sat together enjoying our ice cream in the warm sun
When we would race to the table where we sat and ate our lunch
Now we sit in our bedrooms all day saying to ourselves “i wish i wasn't so lonely”
We fail our tests and the teacher wonders why?
Because we don't learn anything, laying in our beds while words scramble through our heads, coming from a device that we have to listen to 5 hours a day. The parents let their children become depressed from all of the time they spend alone, they tell us “ come out of your room, you've been in there all day” but when they do they act surprised and taunt us saying “ oh look the troll has come out of the bridge” they scream at you saying “your grades are so low! I am disappointed.” do they ever stop to think maybe its because they are in their rooms crying of loneliness instead of doing their work? I wish i wasn't so lonely, we say, i wish i wasn't so lonely.
When we would race to the table where we sat and ate our lunch
Now we sit in our bedrooms all day saying to ourselves “i wish i wasn't so lonely”
We fail our tests and the teacher wonders why?
Because we don't learn anything, laying in our beds while words scramble through our heads, coming from a device that we have to listen to 5 hours a day. The parents let their children become depressed from all of the time they spend alone, they tell us “ come out of your room, you've been in there all day” but when they do they act surprised and taunt us saying “ oh look the troll has come out of the bridge” they scream at you saying “your grades are so low! I am disappointed.” do they ever stop to think maybe its because they are in their rooms crying of loneliness instead of doing their work? I wish i wasn't so lonely, we say, i wish i wasn't so lonely.
New Year's Lanterns by Ben Collins
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