Chelsey, you are way mature for your age, very intelligent...sometimes I wonder if you're really 14 haha.

Its a sad world we live in...I myself wonder what will become of tomorrow. somedays I don't even think I'll live that long....

I've convinced myself not to worry to much, just live for today and smile your way to the top...you are awesome.
keep up the good work :)

Chelsey . wow girl a very strong poem ...
I was stumped by the name at first ..I thought you were a new member .....lol

The times have certainly changed so much since the time I was 14 .Smiles seemed to come more freely back then .
Many people now days don't want to hear the stories on the news about :
~15 year old boy finds $1000 and returns money to owner ~
they want to hear :
~15 year old boy random kills 20 kids in classroom~
Which is pathetic .....
The happy good things are talked about less and less now ....

I agree with you on this part of your poem :
I’m a 14 year old girl, scared for the next years
Because every time I watch the news it brings me to tears

It is a truly scary world for teenagers now and I often wonder what kind of a world it will be when my 5 year old gets to my age....
I could go on and on about this Chels because it is something that I think about each and every day ....What does the future hold ?

For as the title of your poem :
What does it take for some to smile

I have to say it makes me smile knowing there are teenagers as yourself that think about these things and it only takes 1 caring ,compassionate teenager as yourself to get the ball rolling and many others will see that the little changes you make WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.......

I really do hope to see this poem reach the top rated poems because it has a very strong message that I hope everyone gets a chance to :
~read
~understand
~and take action

Wonderfully expresses piece A.I.D
AND YOU MADE ME SMILE TODAY BECAUSE YOU CARE !!!!!!!

Love ya girl !!!

Powerful message within your words Chelz....... I smile everyday because we've been given another day to smile....

I'm 14 myself and I often wonder what tomorrow will bring. Just enjoy life and try to live everyday to it's fullest!!
Great Poem!

This is a good poem

I loved this poem!! it's really beautiful, you are such a great writer : ) amazing! : )

I know babes the big world and reality is the scariest thing - wait till you have kids of your own and that fear intensifies a thousand times over. WOW Im like you though very overwhelmed with what the world ad human race has become today, it makes me scared but it also makes me ashamed. I think the worst part of it all is that each individual person really believes they cannot make a different but how wrong they are. I guess im over trying to change the entire world or make it a better place, maybe that comes with age but bubba titta. What I do concentrate on changing and or improving is my life as a person, and the lives of those around me (friends and family) because at least that way I know I have reached my hand to someone, and helped at least one person thru a tough time in there lives.
Now if we ALL proactively tried something like this wouldnt the world be a better place just based on that principal?
LOVED THIS PIECE obviously lol

Very inspirational write Chelsey, loved this piece.

love ya, Ann