This Week The Trend.

Our little homecoming queen, standing on the scale,
Got her finger down her throat, she won't fail;
Parties all night, got a drug dealer on speed dial,
Up on the dance floor, shaking it Hollywood style,
But in the middle of the night, her broken eyes cry,
As she raises her hands in the air and asks God why;
Her perfect little fantasy, ripping apart at the seams,
She's so tired of running through a shattered dream.

Captain of the football team, he acts so tough,
Parties all night, doesn't know when enough's enough,
And at the big game, the girls all scream his name,
As he smiles for himself and his egotistical fame.
He searches through the stands for a deadbeat Dad,
To be beside the Mother that he never quite had,
But later tonight he'll drive his car off of the bridge,
He's got nothing else to lose, so what's the risk?

Leader of the honor roll board, she looks so sweet,
Standing there smiling with the braces along her teeth,
And she hears them all laugh as she walks on by,
Hiding the crystal tears lining her green eyes.
And holding the gun in her hand she shakes,
As she frees herself from all of her mistakes,
Her mother cries as she holds the body close,
Cursing to herself for the life that she chose.

Head cheerleader, with her chin held up high,
Smiles to cover all of the anger she hides inside,
But late at night on the edge of her bed,
She holds a razor blade to calm her pounding head.
Blood drips down in the middle of the night,
As words slip through the walls from her parents fight.
Holding her pillow close, she cries herself to sleep,
Praying to God, her tattered soul to keep.

And this week the trend, another teenager broken,
Biting their tongues from words afraid to be spoken,
And with their hearts on their sleeves, they fall
Losing grip with reality, they lose it all;
And in the middle of the night, if you listen real close,
You will hear the cries from those that need help the most.
Lives on the brink, but Darling Dear don't avail,
Weren't you ever told life is no fairy tale?

-Jenna Elphick
April 14, 2007