As a 17 year old girl, I have been through a lot and I have been through nothing at all. If I've learned anything from the years I've been breathing, it's that the world is not black and white. Nothing is one sided and nothing is going to be as easy as you would hope it to be. So, you have to fight. You need to be understanding, patient, kind and you need to put all of your heart into every single moment. No matter what happens, you need to be strong because moping will only wilt you more. I refuse to be someone who chooses to suffer. The most beautiful flowers still get stepped on sometimes, but they grow back. So will I.

By Chloe Elizabeth

The echos in my head
Are where my dreams lay
My nightmares are my reality
My shadows are no longer my enemies

I feel the evil crawling beside me
Waiting to chain me to the walls
I need salvation
But this is what I'm use to

The on-going chants
Whispering it's going to be alright
Resisting never gets anywhere
Is this how I'm meant to be

To be enslaved to the mind
my imagination running wild