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I Wish

July 12, 2010
By emmydellinger BRONZE, Coronado, California
emmydellinger BRONZE, Coronado, California
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I wish people saw who I am
I hide my gifts like a clam
Deep within myself
Hidden like a lost toy on a shelf

I wish students would see who I was
Not who I am in poverties jaws
Talented, loved, amazed, smart
I feel all of this in my heart

I wish people would see my talent
I really do have great gallant
In the stories I speak
I would amaze people for a week

I wish business people would look
At the risks I took
At where I wasn’t successful
At were my life is stressful

I wish you would listen to my song
To feel how I belong
With a guitar on my knees
And with music to seize

I wish I could be better
Not chained up in my loser fetter
I was human once, I just got lost
And now I pay the cost

Every night
On the street

In the cold

Hungry

I am Americas invisible
I feel like my heart is divisible
People never even throw me a glance
I wish they would give me a chance

Love,
San Diego’s Homeless


The author's comments:
I volunteer in homless shelters in San Digo and the people there are more interesting and talented that the richest people in the world. People never give them a chance to tell who they are. The are the unloved, talented, faceless, and nameless. Next time you see them on the street think about who they are nt about how they look.

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