For A Teenager

Give me anything but routine

Breakfast in the morning

School throughout the day

Lunch is not mandatory

Extracurriculars in the afternoon

Homework at night

And dinner with the family

Depending on the day it could come before homework

But let's not get too crazy

I mean it takes some effort to keep to this schedule

And yet I need something to survive

So give me acceptance wrapped in nicotine

Give me reputation clothed in sex

Give me relationships held together by social media

Anything but routine

Every day has become a game of hide and seek

A game of follow the leader

And a game of Red Rover

I want to be on the right side

Who likes to be alone all their life?

I'm no Emily what's her name from English class

It's nice to be a person people looked up to

The hard part is trying to hide not only those cigarettes

But who my parents want me to be

What they want me to do

And where they want me to go in life

Go to high school

Get good grades

Go to college

Get good grades

Go to work

Get a good salary

Go to church

Get on your knees and pray

Go through life

Get a good spouse

Go through life

Get a good retirement

And this is supposed to be the schedule of my life until death?

All that I do is 

Go...go...go...

In order to 

Get...get...get

Something that is

Good...good...good

I guess that's why grades stop at "F"

They leave the last letter for the rest of your life after school's done

What if I want something other than good?

I want something:

Fantastic

Extravagant

Daring

Challenging

Beautiful

Amazing

Is this allowed?

Instead of going somewhere in order to simply get,

Can I do something in order to feel?

Can I donate something in order to provide?

Can I stand above something and simply be in awe?

I'm so sick of routine and I feel that as I get older

None of it changes

So I guess for now I need something else

Until I can stop going and getting something good

I guess I'll keep going to drugs, sex and social media

To get my daily fix of acceptance and popularity

Building relationships with numerous people in order to feel good about myself

If there's anything better than routine

May it come closer to where I am

Because I'm sick of hiding.