Love is all I need

Sweet, smart, and a steward,
And who eats a lot of starch.

Love is in the streets.
Love is in the air.
Love we can share.

Love is being lazy
when he turns around
and brings you home
a daisy.

Love is consideration,
sitting around thinking
about his situation.

So don’t tell me,
love you don’t need.
Because in your heart,
Deanna, love is all you need!

A time to look.
The time you took.
A time from me.
I thought I was free.
The boy Rasheed.

The boy of my dreams
brown, braids, tall
only describe one person.

I’d dream he'll come to life.
I’d dream he’ll come back,
come back to my life.

There he was looking at me
in my face
touching someone else
besides me.

Eventually, he’ll talk to me
but when he does, what would I do?

I say never, you say never
my heart is still saying forever.
Forever today is still a rainy day
with some of our dear loved ones.
So come in our hearts with this
never-ever moment and you should
cherish this fabulous get-together.

Beyond this moment
you’ll still be my oppent
Family Travis you’ll still
be the most advege, so
come out and play ball
to make this magic.

They say words
can’t express how you feel.
They say that you
have to get married
before you have sex.
They say friends
are not forever.

They say your mom
wouldn’t understand you,
and they were right.
They say boys
will take over your mind,
and they were wrong.
They say kids and teens
don’t understand the word “love.”

Now as I get to the end,
what they didn’t say
is everybody should be loved
no matter who he or she,
no matter big or small,
or short or tall.

Never hold my hand
if you think
I am cheating
on you
with another man.

Never say hello
if you really mean
good-bye.

Never say forever
because forever
makes me cry.

Never look
into my eyes
if all you do
is tell lies.

Cries of a sky
cries of terror
cries of sadness
cries of anger
cries of disappointment
cries

I’m alone,
alone in this world.

Nobody cries but me;
I’m alone in this world,
searching for a destination,
my cries of interrogation
I’m alone in this world.

I’m looking for a new world,
a world that swirls
my world is Earth.
I search with cries,
sometimes about guys
but that right there is not a lie
I cry alone in the world.

A girl once told me
that her goal was
to finish middle school
and high school.
A girl once told me
that the only thing
that means most to her
is her virginity.
Now that the girl’s goal
is dead, she’s almost dead -
8th grade and pregnant!
Like I said...
A girl once told me
that her goal
was to finish school.

You don’t know my life
I’m 14 and my life started at 6
It’s been hard,
not like I’ve been on the streets
But I would say
I’ve been threatened on the streets.
My life is hard:
Peer pressure, guns, people, sex,
relationships, parents and friends, drug dealers
Combine that together, and your life is hard
I’ve been through rape
I’ve been through abuse
I’ve been through neglect
I’ve been through a lot of stuff
And I feel a lot of stuff
I’m telling you again:
You don’t know my life!