back in the day

back in the day
we didn't care what we wore, or looked like
we didnt care what we say
around the time we learned to ride a bike
when we could find fun out of nothing
before drugs and relationships came into the picture
when knee scrapes were actually something
when we didn't hate our brother and sister
remember when we would sleep in class and not get in trouble
before the cliques and popularity came in
we would go to school in a hustle
before we knew of death and sin
our childhood dreams changed everyday
we played with the kinds around the neighborhood
we would say more then just hey
and we would say the pledge proudly and stand

my life passion is making and composing music. music is my life and what keeps me going. when i grow up i want to be making music that people will enjoy and will sing in the car with their friends driving down the summer roads. just making someones like better just because my music touches them and makes them realize their life is meaningful. another passion that i am all about is being straightedge, it's who i am and what i do. i have had a foster brother die from doing drugs and drinking. i do not want to be that person. if he was here he would tell me it's not what he would want me to do. i don't need drugs to have fun like every other teenager in this school let alone country and/ or world. i have joined this family a couple months back and my life hasn't been any better. i am glad i have found this way of life because it
s alot safer and alot better than killing myself.

how can we do something like love when we don't know if it's true? you have no idea that it is real or not. i guess it's just a belief like your religion. things dissapear like people in your life, or affections for someone. so how can we do something that we don't know is real. i have been questioning this for a while now. i know that i am too young to know what love is but what about our parents or adults or strangers in the street. do you think people are generally mean until they find that someone who brings the best out of them? sometimes it just seems like that.

a mannequin is more real

the images we wear to fit in
the image we put in just to a grin
just to get a laugh, smile, or even hate
we re-arrange our images at the rate
as it takes someone to say yes to drugs
when they just said "no drugs, i do hugs"
these people are as fake as a mannequin
but what do you say when
you're loved one wants you to do this
and you don't do it, but you still add it to your list
to being fake and wearing an image just to impress