DON'T TELL ME TEENAGERS CAN'T FALL IN LOVE //

This is a free-verse poem that I feel a lot of young people can relate too.

YOU TELL ME TEENAGERS CAN'T FALL IN LOVE 

BUT DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE DRUNKEN STARRY NIGHTS AT HIS HOUSE WHEN HIS PARENTS WEREN'T HOME? 

DO YOU REMEMBER KISSING ON THE DOT OF MIDNIGHT MARKING NEW YEARS DAY, 

FEELING LIKE NOTHING IN THE WORLD WOULD TEAR YOU APART? 

OH 

AND DO YOU REMEMBER THE DAY YOUR PARENTS SAID THAT ALL HE WAS WAS BAD NEWS AND FORCED YOU TO SPLIT? 

WELL OF COURSE YOU REMEMBER 

BECAUSE AFTER THAT YOU HATED YOUR PARENTS, 

WENT IN-STATE FOR COLLEGE TO BECOME A NURSE, 

MET A SEMI-DECENT BOY AT A BAR OFF CAMPUS AND PRETENDED TO FALL IN LOVE 

JUST SO THAT YOU WOULDN'T DISAPPOINT YOUR PARENTS, 

NEVER CHASE YOUR DREAMS OF BEING A MOVIE STAR, 

AND NEVER GO ON TRIPS WITH THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. 

NO, 

YOU PRETENDED TO BE HAPPY UNTIL IT BECAME ALMOST REAL,

AND NOW YOU'RE KEEPING THE CYCLE GOING. 

WELL NO MOM 

I HAVEN'T HAD A DRUNKEN STARRY NIGHT AT HIS HOUSE BECAUSE I KNOW DRINKING LEADS TO PREGNANCY, AFTER ALL THATS HOW I GOT HERE?! 

AND NO I HAVEN'T KISSED HIM AT MIDNIGHT 

BECAUSE PROMISES FOR ANOTHER YEAR MEANS BROKEN PROMISES FOREVER. 

BUT MOM, DON'T TELL ME IT ISN'T POSSIBLE FOR ME TO FALL IN LOVE, 

BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT YOU'VE FELT IT TOO.

Author's Note

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