By Alicia DeSimone

do not waste your time making me feel delicate and pretty.
instead, build me
up so that i may experience life alongside you.
influence me to do good and
be strong.
turn me to stone and make me a monument,
so that i may be
rigid and forever beautiful.
do not pity me, or lay praising eyes on me.

for i am simply flesh, arranged the way the world chose.
do not help me
live, or try to save me;
but live with me, and let us save one another.

By Amanda Williams

Being around you
Sitting here reminiscing
As dawn breaks this fall

By Samantha Gavina

When she jumped, I stepped away.
Before, I had promised, "I'll be there for you."
Lies, I thought.
   
Before, I had said, "I'll hold your hand if you need me to."
I can't, I thought.

I  had told her, "You won't be alone."
But I will be, she thought.
   
When she jumped, I stepped away.
Even though I had promised I'd go with her.

By Hitanshu Soni

The courage to walk one more step through the perilous path
The strength to  push yourself like no man has ever had
The courage to abandon the very idea  of fear
The strength to say no, and be your own life's engineer
The  courage to approach a wounded adversary, tougher than the toughest men  in the  land
And the strength to offer him a friendly, helping hand
The courage to rush into the fight, knowing your chances of survival are  stale
The  strength to make it out alive, and tell the grueling tale.