A life was pried from the hands of an infant
Her mother was with her; both lost in an instant
A flash of light, little time for fear
How could they know that death was near

Racing the intersection, wanting a thrill
A group of young people with no intention to kill
But tears are falling and knees are dropping
And you get no chance for rewinding or stopping

One life barely lived with so much ahead
One life half way through, still much left unsaid
Two hearts that were pulled from the life that they knew
And, the lives that they touched, they felt it too

- Leigh, 15, USA

Dreamer

She sits on her patch of yellowed grass
Abstractly thinking
And waiting, waiting, waiting
For her broken heart
To feel whole again

And as she waits her soul
Enters her baffled mind
Gently picking through
Moments so carefully stored away

And when it hits the sore parts
The days she didn’t smile
She lets the tears come pouring
And waits, waits, waits
For the grass to brush them away

When it touches
Her happy times
The wind carries her laugh
It echoes through her patch of grass
And she waits, waits, waits
For those times to come again

She mends with logic and reason
The heart, her heart, that’s so terribly broken

And she sits waiting, waiting, waiting
For heart to be whole again

- Morgan, 15, New York

Out of Sight

You were always there when I needed you
You never let me down
You told me once that
Many people had came and gone in your life
But that you and I would last forever

And then you had to leave
The last thing you said to me was,
"Forever"
But we both knew in our hearts that it wouldn't be

You are out of sight
But not out of mind

- Dara, 12, New Jersey