 | A poem written by my 17 year old son that I found tonight in his drawer (yes I do go through his room because his behavior, grades, and choices have been terrible lately!) I believe this is directed to me or his former best friend:
This is it, this is how it ends
And you'd thought we'd be forever friends
Well I guess you were wrong, you were not right
Your life as you know it will end tonight
You ask me why and I do not tell
I hope you go straight to hell.
Chorus
Just give up, don't even try
You better kiss your life goodbye
Just give up don't start to cry
Accept the fact your'e about to die
Just give up, go to bed,
Your fears run wild through your head
Just give up, you'll soon be dead
You have no idea the blood you'll shed.
Now you struggle, you start to fight
Just accept your fate tonight
You cannot excape you will not be found
Your carcass will soon be underground
Do not swear, you better start to pray,
Your holy God simply turns away.
It goes on in the same vein. I allow no violent music or video games in my house and he knows how I feel about violence. He was very angry that I didn't let him go to a Wu Tang Clan (violent music) concert with his friends earlier this month but I have standards for the family that lives under my roof. I'm a single mother with another son (13) who's been a pretty good kid. Suggestions? My 17 year old is 8 weeks away from graduation (if he graduates-he insists he will-his grades are dropping and he has been known to flunk out of classes) and his father lives too far away to take him to the high school he goes to. He's never been violent physically to me and has no weapons that I know of in my house. He plans to live in an apartment here in our city after high school and then go to college in a year. I've told him I'll help him financially with college but not the year off plan. He's been so rude and insolent lately that I've already told him to make plans to live elsewhere starting in June. He has no job and no car. He was driving my car but had an accident this month and will not be driving it again unless grades, behavior, and financial matters are solved. |
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