Sweet 16

They say being sixteen brings fun
But I feel my life is more than half done.
Being sixteen makes you feel alive
but these are the days I just want to die.
Being sixteen you can drive a car
but living in a box means you don't get far.
Being sixteen is parties and sex
but with other restrictions I have nothing left.
Being sixteen is an innocent time
But with all I know, I'm in hell to rhyme.

This poetry has become cliche
Being sixteen's out
and we're not ok.
Those of us who are too young
for the adults above
but too old
for the kind below

Our desires and dreams
muted by those of the past
so we fall straight on ourselves
and flat on our ass.

Being sixteen no one hears my roar
It's hidden behind music and slammed doors
When I'm seventeen, Will I be alive.
12 % of us at 16 won't be around another year