Hard Growing Up

• Samantha Read, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2011

Tumbling, suffocating
I can't breathe
Being thrown and tossed
In a storm of feelings.
My self esteem has gone right down
And now i have no confidence in myself
Why dont i feel as strong and free
Why is all this happenning to me?
I get annoyed so easily
And mad at the same time
And then i think"what's wrong with me"
And then i start to cry.
Will i ever fit in?
With people i thought i once knew
But have changed and now im struggling
To comprehend the truth.