Crimes

Every line I rhyme

Feels like another crime

I’m held back by all the attacks

That aren’t even the facts

In truth, most people don’t care

Most don’t even know that I’m there

But behind the screen

I’m just one scared teen

I’m scared that people won’t like what I write

I’m scared that in my pain I won’t fight

I see people argue and call others names

They don’t realize that these aren’t games

That I’m not the only person that sits behind a screen

That there are millions of others that remain unseen

You can’t just forget that the names you see are real

That behind those names they can feel

And everyone says things that they regret

But those are things that others can’t forget

It sits in their mind, their heart

It rips them apart

Makes them feel betrayed

And afraid

People don’t know what their words can mean

To someone’s self-esteem

Even if you're afraid of the guilt

You need to fix the pain you’ve built

Because even the biggest of dams can overflow

If you don’t help these problems just go

Even now you sit behind a screen

To read this poem on some kind of machine

These things can be the biggest type of hate

Or something full of love that we can create

But to do that we have to know that wrong is okay

That you can’t be perfect with everything that you say

No matter how you live you’re bound to cause some pain

And it will live with you like some kind of stain

But that’s life

And although it can be sharp as a knife

It’s okay

Because we’ll try anyway