Permanent Punishment

We determine the strength of a person by their muscles

And the sports they play

We think that strength and maturity comes with age

And that kids can’t be strong and mature

But what we don’t understand

Is that strength isn't determined by any of that

Strength is determined by the experiences someone has gone through

It is the overcoming of obstacles they face

Children are stronger than we think

They go through things they don’t understand

But yet they adapt to change

These sudden changes can affect a kid in different ways

It can affect their emotions and actions

Sometimes this makes kids take out their anger on other people

And when they do

No one wants to be near them

Punishments are nothing but a slap on the wrists

For some, they help them learn

Some, it makes things worse

Some ideas of punishments are ones parents or teachers give to kids

Punishments were taut as the only way to teach kids good from bad

But punishments come in different ways

It can be given through time outs

Or loss of valuables

Silence is the worst type of punishment anyone can get

Silence is being punished for doing something wrong

All the time

When no one wants to be your friend

When no one wants to talk to you

When you are stranded

But you can't help yourself

Because you don't understand why you are like this

But, after time you get tired of being lonely

So you try to change

As hard as it is

It isn’t impossible

It's easy to find a problem

But it’s hard to resolve

Being grown up isn't justified by age

It is justified by the will to be a better person