I'm not, and yet

I'm not responsible

And yet I have responsibilities

I'm not my siblings parent

And yet I am expected to parent them

I'm not that smart

And yet I must be right

I'm not mature

And yet I do the mature things I am asked to do

I'm not an adult

And yet I have to adult

I'm not supposed to worry about anybody but myself

And yet no one else will

I'm not better than anyone

And yet I can't be average

I'm not anything

And yet I have to be everything

Gali

VT

13 years old

More by Gali

  • I don't know what it is

    I have never wanted

    Something more than I do now

    The problem is

    I don't know what

    I don't know what

    I long for

    What I reach for

    It's like a dream

    Blurry and unrecognizable

    I want this thing

  • Reporters

    In the car

    After dark

    With the headlights shining

    On the wet pavement

    Like stars on the ground

    I curl up in my seat

    And the news is on

    Voices fill the car

    Not my own

    Not my dads

  • Fictional Love

    I want that feeling

    The thing in books

    In movies

    The fictional love

    The one I dream about

    The one that I see online

    The one I read about

    I want not just the butterflies