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