Turn Around Teen essay - Drew Hildebrand Teen Benefit Fund

TurnAroundTeen
Sothisisforthosetroubledteensandtheirbrokendreams,
anditjust seems
thatwe search
forwhat
lifemeans,we forgetaboutthe childthatwe usedto be,so we begandpleadbutwe neversayplease.
We refuseto separate
anddepressed
asthe planetbleeds,
but
ourwantsandneedswe'reunfulfilled
good
screwthe rest,myoptimism
likea weed,I havea lifewhereeverything
I do turnsintoa
spreads
justwent,
Thesekidswalkin witha senseof selfentitlement,
theirconfidence
spent,liketruehappiness
withthewind,thrownout in bluerecycling
bins,andburiedalongwiththe restof our sins,theywantto
joneses
keepupwiththe
we'rejustwackykidslooking
to digupthetruth,so
but I hopenobodywins...
youth,
we cananswerthe questionnaire's
whenthewholeworldasks,manwho
thatcomeat the endof
the fuckareVou?
Theymeasure
uswith numbers
eachother,beingpartof a teamdoesn'tmeanshit
andpinusagainst
you,the productof a father
yourbrothers,
whenyou'recompeting
it smothers
against
andthe pressure
andmotherwho,werepartof the babyboom,andworkedhardsoyoucouldhavea bighousewith
yourownroom,threefloorsincluding
a basement
thatyouneveruse,exceptwhenyouneedto raidthe
iiquorcabinetandstealthe booze,
thanjustdrugsandabuse,
somaybewe've8ot biggerproblems
maybesociety's
naybethe system
doesn'tworkthe wayit oughta,
a bombnobodvwantsto defuse,
whentherewasnothingwrong
andmaybeI won'tbe happyjustbecause
I boughta, newwardrobe,
withmy oldclothes,
thesekidsandmaybethat'sjustthewayit goes,butwhatif
societies
brainwashing
I wasgratefulfor everything
I had,I couldconcentrate
andwhatmakesme happyandl'd be lesssad,I
people
couldstopblaming
mad,I couldworkout my issues
with momand
other
andbeingsofucking
dad,we couldworkon mVbad,habitswe don'thaveto a nationruledbyvicesandaddicts,
our lives
won'/tbe definedby fear,panicandanxietythat stainslife'sbeautifultapestry,insteadcreatea storyof
growingpainswherehappiness
we're
isfree,that prevents
themfromachieving
life'sultimatemastery,
godsinstead
toldwe aren'tgoodenoughso we worshipon our knee's,
technological
of softgrassand
talltrees,whatthe helleverhappened
andselfbelietconcepts
rottingon the groundlike
to confidence
thattreesdeadleaves
Sol'm friendto theweakaneducator
someof theseparanoid
conspiracies
ain'tmuchof a
of sheep,
leap,l'mjusttryingto pointout thatmaybesocieties
wrong,causeyou'vebeentryinBto givethesekids
a betterlifeallalong,so isaniPodasimportant
whenI speakin
asbeingemotionally
strong,it'sintense,
pasttenseof futureevents,
goes
against
commonsense/
theydon'twantto change
sowe
takinga stand
onlystandup in theirowndefence,
spends
theirwholelivessittingon thefence,until
andeveryone
theylookbackandwonderjust
whatit all meant,sowhathaveyoudoneto showpeoplethatyou're
heavensent,allyoLreverdidwasshow!p on earth,keptto yourself
andpaidreni,therewererulesbut
you bentthemanyway...
paydays,andsomeone
whatif youspentyourwholelifewaitinB
toldyou
happiness
canbefoundin muchsimpler
ways,andthere'smoreto lifethanyourGPAespecially
whenit
you
feelslike
place,
spendyourwholelifein second
so hereI stand,sincerily
across
myface,I lovethis
just
pace.
world,l'm
begging
for a change
of