I am trapped inside this crooked little mind I can’t break free,
I don’t know if it’s freedom or sanity i seek to find I want to break free but a broken bird can’t fly they brought me here they taught me here what else could I know but these wall they hide me behind is [...]

Memories sometimes remind me
of black and silver balls
of dead matter
falling from the book of
my life
a hollowed boned bird—
black feathers down
my spine
screaming in the distance
like blood and bile
the past
supposed to be forgotten
but instead
becomes partial
to the raw
the blood-stained
the weightless
the orphaned
the dead and
the lost……
and so—-
i remember
every word
every action
every nightmare
whether mine………or others.
The cruel wind
blows hard
and takes me back again
remembering……
kisses
touches
sweat
the [...]

Alone in the world
Feeling disconnected
Don’t know how
Searching for a way
Sadness on my face just another expression
They’ll be more as time fades away
I just sit there as my mind wanders
Oh why
Oh why
I continually ponder
This poem was written/submitted by DeAndrè Hebert.

I just wanna be free
And I wanna have fun
I want you to really see me
And not be blinded by flaws
Are you really looking
I don’t think that you are
I think you mus be forgeting
What we’re really here for
I just wanna have fun
And I wanna be free
There’s things to me you don’t see
Like a star set out [...]

Listening to the rain
as it falls from the sky
hitting the ground
after falling from so high
reminds me of the tears
I cry when I’m alone
nobody knowing
I’ll never let it be shown
secret sadness and pain
emotional break downs
with nothing to gain
sleepless nights
with nothing better to do
than lie on the floor
crying in my room
I’m an army of one
with unusual feelings
of [...]

The pain makes me not sain.
The tears rips me to fears.
The sad makes me go mad.
The feel of unreal makes me ill.
I wish I sometimes could just say goodnight but when I think like that I know theres only one way to turn off the lights.
I wish I could hide and say good-bye [...]

I can see you there looking at me in the mirror, are you me?
a friend? a person who outta be gone out of this life and
moved on to the next? Because i cannot take this stress
anymore, the light has brought upon me, i don’t know who you
are, who i am, nor what i do anymore.
I [...]

I walked alone, this I know.
All of my friends became a no-show.
I bent over backwards for every person,
To be opposed by my own assertion.
Belittled, insulted, and pushed in’ the dirt.
Still I managed to hide the hurt!
As I looked up, I heard no sound.
And since I had nothing, no one was around!
But once my dreams transform [...]

My eyes too tired,
pressure on my feet.
Nerves on the wire,
but I can’t sleep.
The sun has risen
and falls the moon.
This place a prison,
winter arriving to soon.
The cold is here,
but not for long.
My time to cheer,
is now forever gone.
This poem was written/submitted by James.

My heart was thumping hard. .
I put my hand on my heart. .
Every thump caught my breath. .
It’s like I was near to death. .
I was unable to speak. .
Tears rolled down my cheeks. .
My head tilted aside. .
I stumbled to the side. .
My eyes shut down. .
And I collapsed to the ground. .
When you [...]