What's Wrong With The World Today?

Teenagers having sex,
unwanted pregnancies happening.
People dealing drugs,
kids buying them,
kids dying from them.
What for?
A night of fun,
something to do,
to feel loved,
to feel accepted.
Then what happens?
Aloneness,
fear,
pain,
rejection.
Is it worth it?
Some say yes,
every minute is worth it.
Others pass through life,
not caring what happens,
nothing matters to them.
Then there's the few of us that regret things
that happened.
If we could go back and change things,
things could be better.
Or would they turn out worse?
They just wish things aren't the way they are
now.
But we can change the future....
sometimes.
Sometimes our mistakes are just too big.
Lives have been changed permanently,
usually not for the better.
But there has got to be hope somewhere.
If there wasn't we'd all go home
and wait to die.
Hope is what keeps me going when nothing
else does.
Hope that things will get better.
That things will change.
That everything will work out.

- Written by Kacey Beach.