Something I felt the world ought to read.

The words below written by Alana S. They are something that really struck a chord. I just wanted to share them. I feel privileged to be the first to publish this.

Between the Falls

Smash your head against the wall
They don’t get you, they never do
It’s teenage angst but you’re ten and
these thoughts should not be in your head so you
try to beat them out but they stick and
the world ain’t the pretty place it should
be so you run and hide but they’re always a
few steps ahead, waiting for you in
the alleys, the hallways, the classroom
and there’s the writing on the walls
and there’s noise in your head and it won’t
stop.

There ain’t much to look back on when
you’re so young
not much to learn from
too much to ever know
so all you can do is
keep on growing and
now you’re sixteen
and nothing’s the way you
would have thought it could be
if you hadn’t learned that you can’t
be naïve
the dead ends are all around you
so you’re going in circles
sure they can kill their days but you
gonna revive ‘em the best you can and

I’ll tell you one thing kid this life
is a labyrinth of redemptions and small
victories between the falls
and you don’t get why you got to
stumble all the way up the mountain or
why there ain’t nothing at the top
or why you’re doin this at all, me
I still question it but
I don’t want out.



You stand on the edge like you’re
scared of being in the heart and
you already know that’s the only way to live so what
more can they teach you from here on in you
knew it all when you were born it just got skin along the
way thick layers of grit and mud you still tryin to scrape off
but you’ll never be clean and this
skin feels thick but underneath you
know you’re just as tender as
the kid they never let you be
so you
wear the stains like medallions and
maybe they’ll laugh in your face but you got
the spirit they envied all along you
were born with the fire they could never
ignite so you stand proud kid don’t
ever let them
break
you
down.

Alana S.

Copyright 2003