Write a poem or song responding to a specific problem/issue

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A 3 part poem from 3 different points of view.

My Daddy brought me up right

So I’ve got no excuse

Not like the other guys

I was always a good kid though

Good judgment

Handsome

My teachers liked me.

‘Till something set me off

Doesn’t seem so important now,

But I left

Not even a sappy good-bye letter

I’ve disappointed him, I know

We wear all red

It’s his favorite color

We do some bad stuff

We’re all messed up

Sometimes I wish I were home

They jumped me

And I felt alone

Fighting hard doesn’t get you anywhere

That’s a myth.

You won’t regret

Giving them what they want

Because nothing is worth the hurt

They slammed me against the wall,

when I said no

One guy, the leader,

He looked right into my eyes

I looked to his

And I saw a child

His face was sneered.

Then my faced changed

For a second I felt compassion for him.

He saw that

He kicked me.

Took my stuff and left.

That’s it.

It’s wrong

And we sit there and we watch

And we know it’s going on

And we sit there

And we don’t help them

How can we not help them.

They’re young

It doesn’t have to end like this for them

They’ve got a future but we’re the key

What they need is motivation

Something to work towards

Sounds easy

So what are we doing?

nothing

We must be selfish no longer

It’s us they need.

Now more then ever

Help

And soon they will be reasonable.