Teen Voices

Volume 1, February 2009

• Clouds

  by Christian Marius

  Aaaah, when I think

  I’m in a good mood

  I go to my favorite spot

  My favorite floats in the air

  Every day when the sun is shining

  My favorite is the clouds

  Clouds is where I lay and relax

  Clouds is where I go and clear my head and float

  Clouds is where I forget all drama around me and I just smile

  But when I come back to earth, it’s drama all over again.

• My Cupcake

  by Essence Webb

  My cupcake is so good, mmm.

  I can taste it right now!

  Cupcake, my cupcake

  It tastes like smooth chocolate,

  Mmm, it’s like I’m in heaven.

  Now the frosting is so good too!

   

• Sex, Sex, Sex

  by Christian Mariu

  What is the meaning of sex

  Every time I turn on the TV

  It’s one thing only

  Sex this, sex that

  It has invaded our world

  That now-a-days on TV

  It’s teenagers killed by sex offenders

  Where are the parents

  Parents that need to teach kids

  About sex or they may call it birds and the bees

  Prom, they go have fun but when they come back in the

  Morning, with a smile on their cheeks

  Guess what that means

  Parents where are you in this world

  Sometime you gotta sit down and talk to them about it

  Talk to them about sex

  I too am a young man but I don’t think about sex every time

  I hear it

  Parents, it’s now or never or else it’s over

  Sex, Sex, Sex

• Shell

  by Ella Agoos

  The cold water is around me,

  I swim through it,

  Getting farther and farther from the sand.

  The only sound I hear

  Is the water in my ears,

  And the splashes I make when I kick the water.

  The dim light the sun casts

  Breaks the surface,

  And shines onto a small brown shell.

  I swim towards it, and reach out

  I pick it up

  And feel its smoothness in my palm.

  I come up for air,

  And feel the water slide off me,

  Hear it drip, drip, drip

  Back into the lake.