Someone To Love Them

Someone To Love Them

I’m standing in a distance

Looking out, watching all of you

Studying each one’s faces

Some are smiling

Others are crying

One is sitting alone

Another has cuts all up his arms

A lot of them look normal

I try not to stare too long

I don’t want to offend anyone

But its so hard not to

I’m staring because

I’m thinking of

Why are they put here

What exactly happened

I look over at the girl sitting alone

She’s balling her eyes out at the table

She is my main focus out of any of them

I don’t know why, but she grabs my attention

She doesn’t eat anything

I’ve tried a lot to get her to

But she’s just so upset that she’s here

She is only 16, she’s lost, confused

Misses her family, friends, or boyfriend?

Who really knows what going on inside

There’s this other kid that I can’t stop thinking of

The one that has cuts all up his arms

They say he hears voices

And the voices tell him to do cruel things

Like kill his little brother..

He has his moments where he flips out

But so far what I’ve seen, he’s normal

Smiling, laughing and playing with the others

There’s another girl in this place

Whenever she comes up to talk to me

She looks right into my eyes

She looks scared, but fearless

I can’t figure her out

She likes me a lot though

One of the days she was talking to a man

I over heard her say “I’m not going back to that house, right?”

The man said that she wasn’t

Made me think that something isn’t right at home

These kids have really hit the spot in my heart

And I knew it would, when they showed up

I just can’t explain how much they affect me

It’s like I go into mother mode

And I just want to rescue all of them

Some people look at them as punk kids

Or just another pain in the a*s

I look at them as someone in need of help

They need a friend, someone to understand

Or maybe someone to even love them for a change..

Reviews

[Sean M. Addams]

a very deep piece... i liked this alot and thought you did great on this one..keep up the great writes!!!

[Frantzuu]

Great poem, you are gift because you have a simple but yet complicated way of telling stories through your poetry. This poem is deep, you did a fantastic job. keep it up. :D

[deeps]

This is such a wonderful write here. Full of feelings and sincere emotions.
Very well written and presented here in this wonderful write.

[ashley]

I've always wanted to volunteer or work at a place like this. I just feel this... need to help people going through things. This poem is well written and very inspirational. Good job! :D

[R J Askew]

Who really knows what's going on inside?
Do the doctors? Do they?

But lower, instead of, 'Why are they put here?' maybe 'Why were YOU put here?' you cld also say perhaps 'A lot of YOU look normal' ... it just makes it more direct.

[R J Askew]

Right...rollys my sleeves up to give you my very best. This write really made me sit up. It is so different to what I've read of yours recently. There is a marked change in viewpoint, subject matter and force. It shows you looking outward, beyond yourself and your situation, it shows your innate humanity, and it is a powerful piece of observation. You have the reader wondering what the hell is wrong with these kids. I hope you continue in this way. My only suggestion would be that you give the reader context of the poem...make the reader know that we are in rehab. And you can tell the reader that you are feeding the lost souls that you are observing. This piece impressed me because it showed real progress in how you are writing, and a strong social conscience. You are not being maudlin or self obsessed here, you are not preaching, you are just telling us how it is. Well done.

[HorrorMaster]

Aww how sweet