"I am your true loving friend" Poem 2/8/07

I am your true loving friend.

some days u feel like no one is there

sometimes u feel so alone,

sometimes there’s feelings you don't understand,

so you just begin to loose hope until...

you pray to God to give you strength,

through all this pain and tears,

being afraid this agony will hold you back,

But you fight for what exactly is right.

To follow your instincts,

your love and dreams,

To be there for me as I am with you,

To forgive me for what I've ever done,

to be forgiven and to forgive.

Just be there for me,

I'll be there for you.

Remember me and I will remember you.

Open your eyes and you will see,

This love I share for you...

Will you ever be sharing with me?

To ever so go back, go back in time,

See how happy we were and smile,

tears streaking down your face,

making it oh so very harder to see my face.

Making a wish upon a shooting star,

That everything will go normal again,

Normal? What normal?

When you don't have one single friend to ask for help.

Oh but I do have friends,

all of them I call "best", you see.

I believe their angels from heaven,

that are here on earth in human form--watching over you and me.

This poem--I must say,

must finally come to an end.

The point of it is...

to remember I am your friend...

Through singing songs,

and watching movies,crying together in the rain,

holding each others hands like so...

wishing all of this was just a lousy dream.

If you remember any of this poem,

I say,remember this--remember that...

remember this poem,

from beginning to end,remember me, remember me always,

I am your true loving friend.

~Sara_chan_620@yahoo.com

"Be" Poem 2/8/07

Be

Be fearless of those troubles and worries,
Be trusted and be heard.
Be not the one person ,
That one person that is not heard.
I know for a fact that you will be known,
I know this for almost sure.
Be proud of ones self,
Be strong,
Be worthy and not be weak.
Be the one to tuck me in at night,
When I can’t go fast asleep.
Be the one to stand up for those,
Who cannot stand straight.
Be the one who only loves,
And never says the word “hate”.
Be the one to be by my side,
To their side of those unheard and unspoken.
Be the one to love me unconditionally ,
Not leaving my heart broken.
Be all you can be,
Not just for me,
But for everyone and anything.
That’s the person I know…
Who can be anything they want
And should be.

~Sara_chan_620@yahoo.com

Teen Suicide Essay 2/8/07

This is an essay I wrote in englsih. It's kind of boring but oh well. Read it if you want to. I know there's not just three reasons why teens commit suicide but we had to use only three reasons to support our thesis statement. Well here goes nothing. Leave a comment if you want



The causes of adolescent suicides are by mental illnesses, being on drugs and depression, which can all be prevented. Depression is said by the National Mental Health America, “It’s one of the most common mental illnesses effecting more than 19 million Americans each year. Biological, which is people with depression typically have too little or too much certain brain chemicals called “Neurotransmitters.”; changes in the brain that cause/contribute to the depression. (National Mental Health America 1) It is one of the causes of suicide and it’s symptoms make a great deal of leading to what might actually be suicide. “Crying a great deal, not seeing friends, can’t talk or explain feelings, becoming self destructive, talking about death or suicide, feeling guilty or helpless.”, are symptoms of it says Elizabeth Fenwick and Dr.Tony Smith. (Depression 242) Causes can be stress, low achieving, low self esteem, family breakup, or tragic events occurring, or just reasons you have no control over. All which lead to depression which then leads to suicide. The chances of attempts and successful suicides are from one out of many reasons can be depression. “It is fact that some 500,000 teenagers attempt suicide every year: 90% girls but 70% boys. One reason may be that most girls choose to overdose as their suicide attempt”, says Elizabeth Fenwick and Dr.Tony Smith. (Depression 242) Also another fact that should be known is that anxiety can turn into depression. Anxiety which is : “State of being uneasy, apprehensive about what may happen, or concerns about possible future events.”, says Michael Maloney and Dan Rachel Krazy. (Straight Talk about anxiety and Depression 24)
The second reason that causes adolescent suicides are mental illnesses. Schizophrenia for instance. “A chronic, severe and disabling brain illness. 2 Million Americans suffer from the illness in a given year. People with it have a higher rate of suicide that general population; 10 percent with it commit suicide.”, said by Kevin Caruso. (Schizophrenia 1) Also people with it often have hallucinations and/or delusions. They hear voices that no one else can hear, believe that other people are controlling their thoughts, and others are reading their minds or plotting to harm them. Just another reason why adolescents with this commit suicide. This too can be prevented with medication, therapy, and support from family and friends. Another mental illness that can cause adolescent suicides is Bipolar disorder. “People that experience extreme mood swings than others, which include manic episodes and depressive episodes. People may attempt suicide but like all the rest of the reasons may not go through with it but are still in a lot of risk and danger.
The last reason I have for adolescent cause of suicide is being on drugs. When people are on them they are no longer in control of their actions therefore making unsafe choices, putting their lives in harm and/or danger. It can make your painful feelings numb and can effect your judgment. “It Can greatly increase your risk of hurting or killing yourself impulsively even though you may not have fully decided that.”, says Kevin Caruso. (Drugs 1) The percentage is high and, “The percentage of alcoholics among suicide victims are higher than 5% and that 5% of call alcoholics die from suicide that is the cause of death for 1 to 2 percent of the total population.”, says Herbert Hendin (suicide and Drugs 147) People tend to withdraw themselves before starting on drugs and with the right help this can be prevented and stopped. That is why suicides are caused by mental illnesses, being on drugs, and depression.