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In this day and age the pressure to take drugs is intense from peers. School is no longer a safe place in many aspects.

In the poem I have written for you, I describe today in the life of a teen - me. 		Love Poems
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Learning About Whispers And Love And Drugs
by Evalyn Rose
Every day passes
reminding me of things to be learned
I do not know about life as an adult sees it
I only know as a teenager and child
what life is meant to be

Today I learned of love
and the falsities it bears
I do not know its true meaning
or the reason I find it never true

I do not know how to tell a good friend from bad
we all talk behind each other's backs
I see not me in the mirror
but a teenager who is too fat or utterly ugly

Today I learned of drugs
and of all the feelings they bring
I experimented just a little
and now I wish for more

If everybody goes through the torment of teen pain
and they hear the much defeating snickers and comments
why are adults so cruel as to say
these are the best years of our lives?

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frederick
that was greeeeeeeeat
Caroline
Great poem. it gets the message across about how difficult it is to grow up. If teenage years are to be the best of our lives then I am truely terrified to become an adult. In my opinion life cannot get much harder than it is right now. Thank you for writting this poem- (coming from a 15 year old)
Alicia
i don't know why adults say teen years are best years cause when were teens we get into much triuble i been locked up 21 times now for bein utcontrol on drugs now im tryin to stop but when u have peers pursure from every one im only 16 and i have one on the way from my boy friend that abuse me i don't what to about every thing in my life
ericah
speechless! that was pretty much my life in a nutshell! wow, it really hits home with me, i really enjoyed this poem.
teri
i really loved that poem!i know people that have been through that. it made me cry. you have a talent
Dawn
That was a Beautiful peom. Iloved!
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