TCK Poetry

It can be particularly difficult for parents to get their teenagers to tell them how they feel. A great way to help teenagers access their feelings is through music or poetry they can relate to. Below is a TCK poem that you could use with your teenagers as an icebreaker for conversation.

The poem Colors by Whitni Thomas, MK (1991) is one that many TCK’s can relate to:

I grew up in a Yellow country
But my parents are Blue.
I’m Blue.
Or at least, that is what they told me.
But I play with the Yellows.
I went to school with the Yellows.
I spoke the Yellow language.
I even dressed and appeared to be Yellow.
Then I moved to the Blue land.
Now I go to school with the Blues.
I speak the Blue language.
I even dress and look Blue.
But deep down, inside me, something’s Yellow.
I love the Blue country.
But my ways are tinted with Yellow.
When I am in the Blue land,
I want to be Yellow.
When I am in the Yellow land,
I want to be Blue.
Why can’t I be both?
A place where I can be me.
A place where I can be green.
I just want to be green.