Things I Wish I Had Known
Rose-Keyla Vasquez
Things I wish I had known:
life is difficult,
life wants to throw sticks and stones at you,
and we all go in blind.
Blinded by a sugar-coated childhood.
Things I wish I had known.
I wish I had known that love isn’t a fairytale;
Love doesn’t come in with a prince in shining armor.
Love in reality
is a two-way relationship that you need
to have experience to be better at.
Things I wish I had know.
I wish I had known how draining school can be.
School used to be fun.
School used to be so easy,
and I haven’t grown lazy!
I used to turn in every assignment;
I’ve just grown tired.
Things I wish I had known.
I wish I knew more about society.
I thought that I would make many friends
and that people would like me;
I was wrong.
People watch your every move.
These people, not caring that you are right there,
one slip up and it’s game over for your social ranking.
Oh, it could get worse
if you don’t know the name of a song, or an artist
if you don’t know the lyrics to a song
if you don’t know or haven’t seen a certain movie
if you didn’t have the same childhood TV shows
if you don't know the moves to songs that “everyone knows”.
It’s game over in your social ranking, or it could get worse.