Jessica Richards - Another Statistic

i don't want to be another statistic
some suicidal teen
who makes a choice to kill herself when the world seems too mean.
she can't go on with life
or so to her; it seems,
reality has fallen short
and so have her many dreams.

i don't want to be another statistic
some pregnant teenage girl
who met this great guy
and then gave sex a whirl
she was only fifteen
but it felt so right
she thought they'd be together
for more then one more night

i don't want to be another statistic
some kid strung out on crack
who started at a party
and now she can't turn back
first cigarettes and alcohol now meth, crack and cocaine
shes been smoking it so long
that now shes gone insane

i don't want to be another statistic
some girl left in the rain
who was walking home from school one day
then raped and left in pain
she can't tell her parents
and it hurts to tell her friends
she doesn't no what she should do
to make this nightmare end

i don't want to be another statistic
to fit into some mold
of what society thinks of kids today
because its getting kind of old
not all of us are bad
in fact most of us are good
when will the world see us
and give us credit like they should?

Jessica Richards

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