Kid is in the office again, bad choices were made.

Behavior was an ‘F’ if given a letter grade.

But you don’t know the struggles, you don’t know the pain.

You can see some challenges, but not comprehend the drain.

How much do the hardships weigh? Not for you to decide.

Because as much as you know, there are limits to what they confide.

What they are actually going through is not what you see.

What’s hidden in the depths is often heaviest, like an iceberg at sea.

So avoid quick judgements, and give the benefit of doubt.

The issue at hand may not be what their story is about.

The troubles at home might be more than most can take.

Burdens so big that many others would break.

They made it to school, that alone was success.

Hard to see through the disruption and mess.

They create chaos, cause concern, and can be a pain.

Their file is thick with incidences, repeat offences again, and again.

But you don’t know the struggles, you don’t know the pain.

You can see some challenges, but not comprehend the drain.

Of a life so much harder than you can comprehend.

A life you would not swap with, or wish upon a friend.

Have some respect for the kid you’d never want to be.

The ones you would not trade lives with, saddled and unfree.

The pain, the unfairness, the hardships, you don’t know.

You don’t know, you don’t know, you don’t know.