My Life

Author's Note:

This is a poem that I wrote while I was sick and just happened to think about AIDS.  I wrote it from the perspective of a teenager who is afraid to tell people he/she has AIDS.  I am focusing on formatting.

Everyday

I wake up not knowing

If I will make it to tomorrow

Everyday

I feel like an escaped criminal

Being hunted by the law

Everyday

I wonder what I look like

As my heart and soul are dying

Everyday

I live like nothing's wrong

For no one knows my secret

Everyday

I am ashamed of the thing

That I must hide from my friends

Everyday

I hope for the courage

To beg for their empathy

Everyday

I tell myself that this is who I am

Not who I want to be

Everyday

I go through living as though I was normal;

As though I didn't have

AIDS