You worked so hard To get where you are In friendships and in school work Your persistence to succeed Is admirable You stumbled through Days of frustration when things did not go As you worked for But then you accepted And better days came along And look at you now! A whole new you Which has always been the Beautiful you Inside and out As you say goodbye to the old adventures You say hello to new ones And I am more than sure You will get where you wish Even if your goals wil

It has been a long time When I last checked my heart So much has passed A war in fire on the other side of the planet Burning inside me Reminding me of the pain of my ancestors Who didn’t survive the last war No space to check How I last felt   The day is gray, burning in smoke While I look for my hope To come back to me again In the midst of shooting and screaming I still wonder what happened to us A father is missing, a child crying A mother’s heart is hopeless While many g