02/02/2012
Poem by Joel's Place youth about Safe Place :)
"A Way out of a Hard Life"
by Eleanor age 16 from Fairbanks
Filled with love and pain.
Love of drugs and alcohol that filled the pain,
Pain of hugs with drugs,
People don't get how once started you're hooked for life,
The medicine and expensive drugs to help your problems go away are not working so far, didn't think that far, huh?
There's a place called Joel's Place. Joel's Place; the safe place.
Back in the woods is not much of a safe place.
Just back, back, back... Down the block is where kids that like drugs get high.
If I'm at Joel’s and away from drugs, at least I know I'm safe.
Hope the kids know that are screwing their lives now, there is always help when needed.
The help is called "Joel's Place".
Joel's Place; safe place.
It's safe and fun, get attached to the children of God.
Joel's Place makes you feel strong and start turning your life around and begin the new life.
The new life with God and his precious children.
No one deserves to be hit and abused.
Especially abusing the drugs into their own system.
I got help when I really needed it.
Joel's place helped me.
They are my family, awesome family.
(It’s a place that is safe, but when choosing not to be safe… is your choice.)
I couldn't fight the drugs myself.
I felt as if I took one step away from the bad habits when entering Joel's Place.
God is watching over us all.
Don't let anyone tell you he is not.
Truly, he is.
I love him; he loves me.
Same with every other single living thing in the entire world.
He died on that cross for us.
I want my voice to be heard, I know you want to be heard too.
Live, laugh, love
