Wishes

I am a teenager.

I usually don’t care

About anything.

But I wish I did.

I am a voter.

I can help make decisions

About prom fundraisers,

But I have no real power

With decisions that really matter.

I am a scientist.

I learn, study, experiment,

But I receive no respect

For my effort; im treated like a child.

I wish I wasn’t underestimated.

I am an I.T. expert.

I know more about computers

 Than the generation before me.

But I can’t help; some

Teachers won’t take it.

I wish they would.

I am driver.

The state trusts me

To be responsible on the road,

But my school doesn’t even trust me in the halls.

 I wish I could be seen as the grown up I am.

I am a student.

Even though my school and I disagree,

We do agree that my education is important.

And I wish

that as long as neither of us lose sight of that,

We’ll both do just fine