Safe Place
I love school
I love reading
I say all these things
That are never true
I hate waking up at 5am
I hate going someplace
that gets my anxitey so high
I hate reading sometimes
But
I love school
and
I love reading
School is my safe place
Its the place I go to
get away from my parents fights
Reading distracts me from whats going on
Distracts me from the yelling
that i have to deal with all summer
And the bruises on my moms Arms and face
from where my father
had hit her the night before
School gets me away from my mom
who has such high expations of me
due to the fact that at my age (14)
she was a drop out and pregnant
School gets me away from my younger brothers
So innocent, so young . . . So ignorant
Why cant they see what I can see
That our parents marrage is falling appart
That our Father is drinking too much again
And so I read
I read to get away from reality
because the truth is that reality hurts
more than any death of any OTP
I read till i dont have anything left to read
"HEY MAMMA
IM GOING TO THE SCHOOL
TO HELP DECORATE THE HALLS"
" Hey mommy can you take me to the librabary"
" MA Im going to walk to school today"
Excuse after excuse
Just to get out of that house
I cant stand it there
So I stay after school as much as possible
Beacause
School is my safe place
and
Reading Is my distration