I'm not, and yet

I'm not responsible

And yet I have responsibilities

I'm not my siblings parent

And yet I am expected to parent them

I'm not that smart

And yet I must be right

I'm not mature

And yet I do the mature things I am asked to do

I'm not an adult

And yet I have to adult

I'm not supposed to worry about anybody but myself

And yet no one else will

I'm not better than anyone

And yet I can't be average

I'm not anything

And yet I have to be everything

Gali

VT

13 years old

Poetry

By Gali

I don't know what it is

I have never wanted
Something more than I do now
The problem is
I don't know what
I don't know what
I long for
What I reach for
It's like a dream
Blurry and unrecognizable
I want this thing

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Poetry

By Gali

Reporters

In the car
After dark
With the headlights shining
On the wet pavement
Like stars on the ground
I curl up in my seat
And the news is on
Voices fill the car
Not my own
Not my dads

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Poetry

By Gali

Fictional Love

I want that feeling
The thing in books
In movies
The fictional love
The one I dream about
The one that I see online
The one I read about
I want not just the butterflies

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