Never Taught 
 

It's a cold, dark, 
Harrowing world. 
Teens feel alone 
In the terrifying pain 
Many of them endure. 
Take their own life? 
Why, it's not a question 
To their parents 
Who are in obvious denial. 
"My little angel would 
Never do such a thing," 
They'd say. 
It's such a horrifying secret 
Many of us keep, 
The secret of depression. 
It steals our hopes, 
It thrashes our dreams. 
In return, 
It gives us 
Hopelessness and 
Helplessness. 
To many teens 
Experiencing this evil, 
Their parents soon 
Have to come to reality 
With the pain their child felt. 
"How could our little angel 
Have done this?" 
It's called depression 
And it isn't a phase of our 
'Growing up'. 
Many aren't as fortunate 
As those of us who are surviving it. 
For us who are surviving it, 
We have learned to cope. 
Unfortunately, 
The others were never taught.