this poem means alot to me. I wrote it because I am a teenager who often gets prrofiled in the american world as a failure or someone who is not good enough to make it. Most people think that the reason teens whinde up dead, pregnant, in jaile or on drugs is because they want to be and that people make choices on their own. Peopla do make choices but not everyone wants to be labled as those things. I am one of those teens. I dont want to be pregnant, in jail, on drugs, or even dead. I Want the best life as possible for me and opportunity as every other person in this world.