Jonathan Tineo
The world encompasses only black and white,
The seesaw teetering between the wealthy and unprivileged.
Under this atrocious system not a single person is born victimless
To the blinding hands of society overcasting their eyes.
Where the rich lay on their snug mattresses
Heavy blankets enveloping them,
Sparing the opposite end of the seesaw not a single bit of warmth,
There, the underprivileged lay on cracked pavement
Scrounging for stained red paper-thin blankets,
That do them no good on the coldest of nights.
It’s these nights that they long to be on the opposite end of the seesaw,
The colorless world, only black and white
Privileged and unprivileged, rich and poor
Everyone is forced to play society’s cruel game of seesaw.
Jonathan Tineo is currently a freshman at Rincon High School. Recently, Jonathan worked on an essay proving to Mr. Donate why friends should be able to sit next together during class. It was very convincing. Jonathan is currently working hard to get straight A’s this semester.