I'm here today
And grateful I am...

Feel the wind, hear it blow
See a flower bud as it begins to grow...

Once again I got my hopes up.
I thought it would change...

S is for the silence that painfully lingers...
E is for everyone who is trying to bring you down...

Scared to face the world alone
She stays where she is use to...

Feeling lost
And all alone...

I'm judged by the way I look
I'm judged by the way I act...

I had this one dream
That you and me went away...

Is it possible to love someone so much that you'll...
- Stefanie, 2006...

I know this one girl who forces a smile
Thinking "I'll only have to do this every day...

*I wrote this poem back in my junior year of high...
Everything I'm about to write down comes straight...

I've been hurt before
I've been beaten down...