Poems by
Kayla Adkinson

High School

a poem by Kayla Adkinson

It seems my life has become so confusing,
I’m getting annoyed with these fake smiles I’ve been using.
I thought I got rid of these problems long ago,
If only I can hide it a little longer no one will ever know.

Trying to put my feelings into words,
It’s not really helping much it only hurts.
Tell me how I’m I to survive among the jocks, preps, and stoners?
Where do I fit in? Where is my place among these loners?

I’m just wandering aimlessly in this life I have created,
If only it could have been different, if it all could have waited.
But I control my life so why do I feel so powerless?
Yea, I guess this time I’ll have to clean up my own mess.

People tell me it won’t matter in the long run,
But wait, isn’t High School supposed to be fun?
Whatever happened to the endless conversations and the carefree laughter?
I miss those times, but it seems they are gone, lost forever.