Two-Voice Poem: Social Action

I WISH FOR MANY THINGS.
I wish for clean water.
I wish I had a camera for my laptop.


I WANT A BETTER LIFE.
If I was rich, I could send my little brother to school.
If I was popular, I would have a date to prom. 


I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE ANYMORE.
In the place of poor, broken souls.
In this boring ditch of a town. 


I WANT 
Somebody to help me carry this weight.
Everybody to leave me alone.


           This is a poem I wrote about social action. This particular two-voice poem is centered around two teenagers who are each in their own kind of crisis. The first lives in poverty, and has no money for food or to provide for their family. The second lives in a small suburban town and feels trapped and bored. This poem really a poem about different people's interpretation of hopelessness.