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Best Friends
Friends are good,
Friends are not bad,
But some can make you happy,
And some can make you sad,
But the ones that you love most,
Will sometimes set you free,
They come and they go,
When you thought they kept a friendship key.
But a best friend doesn't walk away or stab you in the back,
They will always stick by your side, and never talk smack.
A best friend will never set you free,
They will always keep in contact with you, and keep the friendship key.
People always lie,
Things go wrong,
Stuff always happens,
But a true friendship goes on.
—Lisa, St. Louis, Missouri
Friends?
I have a friend
who cares about me,
she buys me things
and tells me good
things about me,
but sometimes
she's mean and
tells me to
leave her be
and go away,
and stay away
from me….
sometimes I ask
myself does
she really
care about
me?
—Jheryca, St. Louis, Missouri
(Untitled)
Treat others as you want
to be treated cause you wouldn't
want it to happen to you
Watch out the words that
come out of your mouth and
the things you do.
Yeah sticks and stones
might break my bones but words
could never hurt
That's like hitting me
with a pot and not
That is goes away
but it stays
Stay with me and hurt
Trying not to let me be…
What I choose
Putting me down, down is
not what I choose to be.
Let me be me and you be you
Do what you wanna do
Be happy
Shine like the stars and the sun
Light the way
Today
Treat others as you want
to be treated 'cause you wouldn't
want it to happen to you
Watch out for the words that
come out of your mouth and
what you do
Be you…
—Jasmina, St. Louis, MO
These poems were written by girls in the Girl Power—Get The 4-1-1 program, which is sponsored by the P.A.V.E. the Way (Project Anti-Violence Education) grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. P.A.V.E. programs are focused on physical and emotional safety and provide girls with skills that reduce their vulnerability to violence or involvement in violent behavior.
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