Parents always tell their daughters:
"Don't stay late, it's not safe."

Can't parents tell their sons:
"Don't disrespect, do not ****.
They too are human beings,
just like you are."

They say “you don’t know true sadness”,
Yet how could that be true?
They have forgotten what it was ike to be a teenager,
Because at that age,
Is when you feel - everything -
The hight of all emotion-
The most intense-
Biologically it’s true,
You may have not lost or experienced like they have,
But to be at this age,
Is the ongoing battle,
Into the new uncertain world-
Figure out who you are,
Juggling through the circus that is school,
Being chucked around like a puppet by society,
While your brain is still developing

You feel it all-
The ecstatic happiness and joy,
And being dragged down to depth of your mind,
Where there is no escape,
Being taken over and drowned by anxiety and stress,
The fear of being judged by everything and everyone,
Easier for others- while harder for some
-So don’t you dare forget that everyone has struggles
Even if they try to hide them from the world

-JJ
15/04/25

I wish to be understood,
More than anything,
To understand my mind,
How its works in its mysterious ways,
To reach deep into my soul and find-
The truth

To truly feel and understand-
Not just the surface,
But beneath-
All within me-
intertwined

They may think they know me,
Yet no one really does,
As much as they believe,
I am really just alone,
Deep in my delicate and intricate thoughts

Understand them -
My thinking
My love
My beliefs
My interests

To free-
My covered and hidden true self,
Out of its darkness-
Free of worry,
Free from judgment

To speak with no words,
Rooted in one another,
Then Interchangeable-
Then I will be understood

-JJ
13/04/25

Nothing screams freedom,
- like wild horses
Running in the distance-
The setting sun,
Shining on them,
Reveling their beauty,
I wish to be as free as them,
And I hope to see them one day-
So I can feel that freedom,
Even if only for a short moment

-JJ
18/04/25