"I have seen too many beers.
I have seen too much stupidity.
I have seen too many accidents,
Too easily avoided.

I have seen too many funerals.
I have seen far too much pain.
I have seen too many teens
Saying, "Why did we?"

I have seen too many tears.
I have see far too much hate.
I have seen too many losses.
Oh, God, watch over me."

By John

"Please Allah, protect me from this loneliness
I am abandoned.
By family, friends and self.
I am confused.
I don't know where to go.
Isolation plagues me
Yet I do nothing.
I have trapped my self.
Yet I believe in You.
Help me to break down my walls.
Lead me to others.
And back to me."

By Ali John

"Is it tomorrow or yesterday?
Today has too soon slipped away.
And turned from dawn into twilight
Another day, another night.

Life ebbs and flows on tides of time
Life's blown by winds through whispering chimes
I try each day, but faith is faded
And yet, through You, hope is created.

Each tomorrow is new beginning.
I know tomorrow I'll be winning.
For there is so much more to me
I'll put it forth in victory."

By Alexander

"May I never forget You are here.
When I can't go on,
When I can no longer see
When life is too hard
When others leave me.
May I never forget You are here.

May I never forget You are here.
When I succeed
When I do what I should.
When I end up on top.
When the getting gets good.
May I never forget You are here."

By Nicholas

"No worries.
I want this, I want that.
Let's do this; let's do that.
Stop.
Take a moment.
Just sit down
And recall.
How very good
Life is after all.
God, family, and friends.
Right here. Right now."

By Jake

"Now the days seem very rough
No time for homework, sports or rest.
All my effort is not enough
Everyone expects the best.

I know we all have these times,
I'm not the only one in pain.
It's just a matter of looking at things
That make it all okay again.

The answer to this test is strength
And persistence at its most
And once I'm finished with this time,
I'll look back and call it "fine"."

By Kostas

"Of all the friends I have
I've let You down the most,
I show my independence
And freedom from Your will.
Yet despite how I treat You,
You never leave me still.

Any other friend I have
Would have left me long ago.
But You remind me always
That You are there for me.
And You will be my friend for life,
If I will let You be."

By Michael

"It seems I often lose myself
Though where I go, I just don't know.
I feel the need to search inside
To find out what is going on.
It's not as easy as I think
In fact it's rather difficult.
I'm not so sure I want to go
Where myself hides
Who I miss so."

By Kevin

"I search for my self
I find myself asking:
"What have I become?"
A child serving yesterday's ideals?
Or a man in control of his own future?
I must step outside my life
To see myself as others see me.

I search for my self
I may not like what I see
Or be I'm proud of who I am
Yet still feel empty.
God, give me the strength
To look at what I am
And not fear what I see."

By Court