'Feeling Sad'

A poem by Shannon, age 14

Sometimes it feels like my life’s not worth living, I’m sick of feeling sad

I’m not only sad but it makes me mad

It makes me want to cry, and I ask myself why

I just wish it would go away, cuz I suffer with it every day

And I’m so proud of my mother, It makes me shudder

My mother’s stronger than me. That’s how I wish I could be.

But we both know what each other’s going through

But I’m going to start from now, and tackle the pain all the way through