Damien Jenkins
Growing up in my shoes... You feel like less of a human. Less of a man. No father to look up. No mother to nurse you. I live in a world with no regrets. I do what I want. Is suicide a choice. Or is it a aversion that someone or something provoked. I'm provocative. I'm lazy. I'm Damien. Damien Jenkins. I'm 17 with no morals or goals. Never had a girlfriend. I'm my own person. I scare people. I scare myself...
I live in a house with ten other kids who has taken there life for granted. Took there parents for granted. Growing up with beamers and what not. Waking up to breakfast and clean clothes on your back. Born in a hospital. No one knows me. Don't act like you do...
Mikayla Espinoza
I'm 15. I'm pregnant. I'm pregnant by my 35 year old uncle. Uncle Ray. I'm 3 weeks along and no one knows. My family say if I ever get an abortion they are going to send me back to Guatamala and disown me. My uncle Ray feels the need to make his own decisions. He rapes me every moment he gets me alone. He tells me if I ever turn him in he will blow my fucking brains out. I'm scared. I'm afraid. I have everything any girl can ask for. I'm blessed but a mess... I Insist on cutting my wrist because it feels like pure bliss...
Jayce McCarty
I'm gay. I'm 19. My parents don't know. They don't care. Just a bunch of communist. My parents voted no on legalizing same sex marriage. I have boyfriend who is 30 years old. Not only is 30 years old. He's HIV positive. And I am too. I'm slowly dieing. Because I refused to get treatment and when I do its only once out of the week. Everytime I go in the clinic. The doctor tells me time is panicking time is ticking... I say I have hope. I go to church I pray. I need you lord. I need you...
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The Empire
PoetryBasically a life story of young teens struggling. Much like the film Freedom Writer's. A funny emotional story about teens trying to make it in society.
