Powerful message. "it is truly our sanctuary" good ending. loved it.

*silent darkness*

I've always thought how strange it is that adults and teenagers see so differently, when all adults must have been teenagers once. Just shows how quickly you forget.

Nice poem. Keep writing!

dunno if I agree with you on this one, though i might be somewhat biased in my tastes. However, I definately afree in the sense that stuff adults don't understand aren't necessarily evil. Anyways, from a stylistic perspective I enjoyed.

Hm. I liked this. And dealing with Hot Topic.. I don't really like it that much since now it seems to be making others instead of 'individuals', making everybody look the same and such. Thats just my opinion.

But I liked for reviewing my works. I really liked your constructive critisim.

P.S. I need to go back to elementary school for spelling. Sad.

lol this time i liked both the beginning adn the ending equally! A very nice job!

I might be mistaken, but is this really a poem dedicated to Hot Topic? As in the store? Literally? Or is Hot Topic a symbol?

If you meant "Hot Topic" as a symbol for being different, unique, and "weird" in the eyes of adults, then this is an okay poem. But you should know that Hot Topic is pretty mainstream. It's not so different.