Gali

Perfect

I know I'll never reach

Perfection

No matter how hard I try

I can do better

I have to do better

I have planned out

The next 12 years

The college I'll go to

My grad school

I think it's scary

To have someone

Who has done horrible things

Be in charge of our country

Have power and be in control

I love our world

But it's a mess

I don't want it

To get worse

At night

When my brain is flooded

With fears and worries

I think about

What will happen

If abortion isn't legal

If old men

Get to continue

To decide what

Happens to me

I can't wait

To grow up and see

Every

Single

Opportunity

That no one

Will ever

Give me

Because I'm a kid

I haven't had experience

But only because

I've never had

A chance

Every time I read a book

I think

When will I

Get a chance

To change the world

When will I

Get a chance

To find pure happiness

When will I

Get a chance

To pursue my dream

I keep reaching

for something I know I can't have

But I decide

To waste my energy anyway

All I want is for

you to look at me

The way you look at him

I'm searching for that

To hold on to