Worry

Hello

My name is Jaden

I am fifteen

And this is a poem

About me

About how I feel

Being a teenager

In 2025

Distance

Rain

Endless nights

With no end in sight

I miss when things were simpler

When I was three and four

And didn't have to worry anymore

When I wasn't responsible

And I didn't have to care

But I'm not

Three or four

And I do have to worry now

I have to worry

About walking out in the streets

Wearing a binder

And something masculine

Because what if they see

The softness of my face

And know me for a fraud

I have to worry

About the president

And congress

And all the important decisions they make

That could make me break

I have to worry

About my friends

Who are teenagers in 2025

And are struggling

Just like me

I have to worry

About how much I worry

How I work myself

Into a little ball of anxiety

And depression

I have to worry

About being to harsh

About judging before I know

About making the mistake

Of writing someone off

I have to worry about the future

And all that it may hold

About college

Jobs

Housing

Food

And everything that comes with life

Three years

Three years until I have to decide for myself

What I actually want

I have to worry about if three years

Which seems so long

Is in reality

Far too short