Drugs Are Sold Everywhere
By Shamaria Coaxum
7th Grade, Cario Middle School

Drugs are sold everywhere
But people seem not to care.
About the destruction it causes
That can happen anywhere.
Drugs are sold everywhere.
But people seem not to care
About the people drugs hurt
And the lives that end everywhere.
People can make a stand.
They can stand for what’s right.
They can stop using drugs
And maybe be alright.
But for now you can start by just saying NO
To drugs…and the hurt
And the sorrow that you’ll sow.

The Dark Road Too Often Taken
By Jennie Schaaf  
7th Grade , Cario Middle School

Those excited minutes of joy are gone,
Black-cloaked years on a dark road ahead.
The empty bottles craving refilling
Until they are as much need as life itself.
Family and friends shaking heads and turning back
Finding their case a hopeless cause.
Confidence and dignity are things of the past,
Fading ever quietly and now a mere ghost.
The prized sparkling eyes are lifeless,
Slipping into the shadows and now never seen.
Thoughts and decisions become a struggle
All from that first “harmless” high.