Recently, teen suicide has been an unfortunate conversation in my home. It is scary that it can happen without parents being aware. Even a teenager's friend doesn't realize the finality of it. Sometimes kids cry out for help in such dangerous and destructive ways. Keeping an open dialogue between parents and teens is so important. This poem is to all of those teens who feel that there is no hope.
Don’t give up.
Your youth has so
much to give.
The future knows,
What the present
does not.
Shadows that now
loom,
Will disappear as
you grow
And find your
place in this world.
So don’t give up,
Don’t give in
To the darkness
that calls you now,
Because ahead is
brightness.
