The Teenage Blues Poem by Richard Wlodarski

One day I saw you
Looking sad and blue
I wanted to talk
You went for a walk
All I wanted to say
Is that you're in dismay
About the blow life has dealt you
And you sit feeling bitter blue

I don't wanna sound like your mom and dad
Because I know it will make you more sad
It's going to take awhile
For you to get back that smile
'cause I know what's making you hurt so bad
And it's making me feel so damn sad
You see I've sure been there
In that place called Nowhere
And now I can say for certain
It seemed like the final curtain
But in those quiet moments of desperation
Also came some great moments of inspiration

I tried very hard not to give up hope
And found it hard staying away from dope
I learned then that life was not easy
Nobody said it would be rosy
I learned to roll with the punches
And found that things came in bunches
Sometimes there would be moments of pure ecstasy
And then, unexpectedly, times of misery
I guess what I'm trying to say
Is that things being as they may
Everything will turn out for you
And you will stop feeling that blue