Monday, June 4, 2012

Social Justice Poem--bullying, teen suicide, GLBTTQA rights

10:12 AM  Sherlock Holmes  1 comment

The Only Option
Grace Chadwick

Your lips taste like words that you never said
But I'm already dead, I'm already dead
Rings smashed on the ground 'cause we couldn't be wed
And I'm already dead, I'm already dead
Punches that land on the back of my head
I'm already dead, I'm already dead
Sobs caught in my throat as I drift to my bed
I was never alive; I'm already dead.

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Grace here. Just popping in again to explain my poem.
To start, I feel like the themes are fairly obvious. "Rings smashed on the ground 'cause we couldn't be wed" refers to GLBTTQA rights. "Punches that land on the back of my head" is about bullying. "Sobs caught in my throat as I drift to my bed" is depression. The repetition of the like "I'm already dead" is about suicide.
The solution to these issues, I feel, are also found in those lines. You have to dig a bit but they're there. "Rings smashed on the ground 'cause we couldn't be wed," for example. How about allowing same sex marriage to happen? That would definitely fix this issue.
Next example: "Punches that land on the back of my head" obviously refers to hate crimes and bullying and violence. That means that hate crimes and bullying needs to stop. There are many different speculated solutions to stopping hate crimes, such as starting education about bullying extremely early. Teaching children to respect eachother more.
Fixing these things may help take lower the amount of depression in all communities, especially in the teen community. That's what this poem is saying. If you stop these problems I've identified, you can help stop depression and therefore can lower the suicide rate. Bam.

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