Page 65 - TTA Newsletter Spring Summer 2018

~Top Teen In The News~

~Her~

By:Tylivia Dewalt

She walking home looking so blue

As she is wiping her tears and her arms are
bruised

Is it true...? The sky is clear and new
She is black in white world, she's looked
over for a white girl
Oh but this is only the beginning
Her parents only yell at her to do the
dishes

Her world and their world are
separated by fences

But…

She was just a little soul
All she knows is to do what is told

All she wants is to be loved and to be
bold

that went out the window when her
daddy went ghost

her mom is asking why, all she can do is cry

she didn’t understand

her dad left her mom for a man

she tries to give her mom a hand

well, she’s left with scars

her mom took out the anger on her and got
Teen Tylivia Dewalt in the car.

Now she is left alone

She wipes her tears and tries to be strong

They don’t bother to ask what is wrong

But what is worse? She gets bullied in school

they pick on her cause her skin color wasn’t cool
Baby your dark brown skin is what makes you YOU
Don’t talk down on someone if you don’t know what they been through

She finds her father’s pistol

She was only a little girl but smart as a whistle

If only she had someone to love her and understand

So that gun wouldn’t be in her hand…

Do you understand?
This world is cruel and unequal
Everyone wants to live to see the sequel
We have to unite and be as one

We have to love each other and have fun

This poem was written to tell a story about a young African American girl who decided to take her life
because of her household problems and also bullying. The purpose of me writing this poem was not only
to tell a powerful story but also to deliver a message to my fellow teens. The message I was delivering was
to encourage them to stop bullying someone because they never know what that person goes through
behind close doors. I also wanted them as teens and as a family to uplift each other and stick65together
through good and hard times.