Original Poetry
I did drugs because it helped me to forget
All the bad things that had happened to me.
When I did drugs I was carefree.
I didn’t care about how people looked at me.
Some people talked and there are
Those who just sat and stared.
But to tell you the truth,
When I did drugs, I really didn’t care.
But now, you see, I am DRUG FREE.
I DO care about what people say about me.
I walk with a stride
Because God gave me back my pride.
Rose Burles is a genuine role model for many of our students with her
candidness about her life choices and her encouragement to pursue
dreams. She often shares her amazing talent for singing with student
groups and at our graduation.
These Eyes, God, and MeWhy is life so insane?
These eyes have seen so much pain, day after day..
It’s just been the Devil’s game:
Broken homes, shattered dreams.
These eyes have seen death in so many ways...
They’ve seen rape, such a craze
I’m still in a daze It’s no excuse
These eyes have seen these prison walls
From deep inside, Looking out...
When vowing never to return, but it just seems like I’m
always up in jail, somehow...
Broken home, broken relationships, broken souls
Why do we continue to live in this world
full of hell’s grace?
We then turn to drugs when all else fails.
My eyes begin to cry,
As the tears roll down my face,
I asked a tear, “Where are you going?”
The tear replied, “There’s somewhere far more important
than your eyes. There is no room here for me”
These eyes want to see his great praise.
The Lord says to pray.