Athome

At home
She is Sarah,
A 14 year old
Who gets no attention
From her large family
Just a normal, everyday girl.

Online
She becomes Chris,
The 17 year old guy
Who sings like a dream,
Writes award-winning music for the guitar.
And gets all A's in school
Is fluent in 5 languages
But is ignored,
Because he is black

Or Julie
Who lives in California,
By the beach,
With her 76 year old grandmother,
Who won't let her wear anything but skirts
15 and unhappy
Because she can't date
Or drive
Until she's 17

Possibly Ron
16 in June
Flies airplanes
Over mountains
Both his parents died
In a car crash
When he was five
At Home

She is Sarah,
Who gets no attention
From her large family
Yet gets all A's
Just a normal, everyday girl.
Loving the freedom
Of the Internet.