Here are poems given to me by different people... some authors are unknown... hope you enjoy!

Outside

When I'm outside there's things to see
like dogs and cats and birds and bees
wonderful things that will make me smile
things that will cheer me up when I'm down
like pretending the roses are wearing a gown
and sad weeping willows hanging all night long
while the birds are singing a beautiful song
there are lots of things to see in the outdoors
so if you take them for granted
they probably wont be yours

Ryan age 11

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Choices

do you see...?
oh can't you hear...
the heart that cries out
for God to come near.
it may seem so unfair...
but really it isn't
we all make our own choices
whether we believe it
or not.
we cry out in rage...
it's easy to blame
but it was still our own choice...
we made just the same.

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Peace

peace is the birds
and a soft summer breeze...
a thought without words
that nobody sees...
the smell of sweet rain
on a cloudy spring day...
hearing over again
what life has to say...
this world is all mine
to explore and to see...
i'll wander through time
and discover what love is to me...

~Debi~

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Boredom

boredom taking a stroll through my mind
leaving me weary, fighting the signs
standing in anger, crying in shame
filling with saddness, acting the same
boredom taking a stroll through my mind

Tricia

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Freedom

Freedom is life, Freedom is love,
Freedom is God.
Freedom is the spirit inside of you,
Frreedom is games, Freedom is basketball,
Freedom is soccer, Freedom is gymnastics
Freedom is art.
Freedom is ice cream, Freedom is fun,
Freedom is... well...
it just is

Rachael, age 10

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Control

by: Pamela Pauley-Perreault

Come - escape from your pain,
See the colors again
The rainbow is yours just to take.
Control is the name of my game.

Relax - open wide -
Let my magic inside
One snort or one hit,
One gulp for the road,
Let your mind spin with carefree joy.
Control is the name of my game.

My name is Addiction,
I'm evil! I kill!
But I'll make you think I'm your friend.
Control is the name of my game.

Don't try to escape,
I won't let you go.
You're hooked on the edge of my knife,
I'll govern the rest of your life.
Control is the name of my game.

I'll hold you, I'll keep you
'Till Hell freezes over.
You'll never escape from my charm.
I'll ease all of yourr pains,
The world will seem right.
Control is the name of my game.

But your friend over there,
The one who won't do,
Knows that I'm really a fake.
He knows he can conquer,
He knows he can win.
Control is the name of his game.

He's discovered my scam,
He knows that i cheat,
He knows that you're doomed if you stay.
Control is the name of his game.

He's learned I'll destroy,
He's learned I can't win,
If only he keeps up his guard.
Control is the name of his game.

He's strong, he's determined
I can't break his will,
Though I try and I tempt and I beg.
Control is the name of his game.

He's discovered the will to keep me away,
I know that i don't have a home.
He has tools, he has drive,
He won't take me back.
He says that I'll go to my grave.
Control is the name of his game.

He's conquered, he's won,
He's strong, he'll survive.
His life is his own.

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Footprints

One night a man had a dream.
He dreamed he was walking
along the beach with the lord.
Across the sky
flashed scenes from his life.
for each scene, he noticed
two sets of footprints in the sand:
one belonging to him,
and the other to the lord.

When the last scene of his life
flashed before him,
he looked back
at the footprints in the sand.
He noticed that many times
along the path of his life
there was only one set of footprints.
He also noticed that it happened
at the very lowest
and saddest times in his life.

This really bothered him
and he questioned the lord about it.
"Lord, you said that
once i decided to follow you,
you'd walk with me all the way.
But i have noticed
that during the most troublesome
times in my life,
there is only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why
when i needed you most
you would leave me.

The lord replied,"My child,
My precious child,
I love you and i would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints,
it was then that i carried you."
~~Author Unknown

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The Rose Beyond The Wall

a rose once grew where all could see...
sheltered beside a garden wall...
and as the days passed swiftly by...
it spread it's branches straight and tall...
one day a beam of light shown through...
a crevice that had opened wide...
the rose bent gently toward it's warmth...
then passed beyond the other side...
now you who deeply feel its loss...
be comforted, the rose blooms there...
its beauty even greater now...
nurtured by Gods own loving care...

you

i close my eyes and i see you
a desire within my soul
reaches for you
and in this moment in time
i find you
i'm amazed at the sameness
that your soul
finds in mine
and mine in yours
and i realize
that i am finally
home

~debi~

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