Art Gallery

Helping our kids express what they have held inside most of their lives is a challenge and giving them the tools to explore their emotions is a key to opening up the deep healing processes that will take these young people on to their future challenges, trials and struggles well equipped to face life and succeed.

Using the creative processes of poetry, mixed-media art projects and performance art, in conjunction with guided counseling and group interaction our young people are encouraged to find their inner-most feelings and to express them in colorful and creative ways. Hands-on creativity encourages these courageous young people to come to grips with their own roadblocks, self-limitations and stumbling-blocks, while at the same time giving them fresh insights into the experiences, attitudes and history that have brought them into the system

Soldier like me
T.D.

This soldier like me
Often to what is closed
And the blindness of what cannot be seen
It just so seems to dim
And you nor I can do not sin
For I have no sense
This life seems too dense
I’m livin’ off seventy-five cents
Take from me what I do not deserve
Give me back people to serve
It all seems to be on my last nerve
All I say is fuck you all
My life is in a stall
A mode that seems so cold in despair
I do not care
I know this not to be bare
Of what I do through
I have no idea what to do
I feel closed trapped in a crew
We’re not working together
It’s been like this forever
I feel like giving up
I will never live up
To what I cannot be
Other people are too blind to see
What other has grown of me
This is who I have chosen to be
And M.O.C.
Thank you for listening
To a soldier like me

Fear of the Unknown
B.A.

Lost and out of place
Exhausted to the bone
How can I go on
I want to go home
I try to walk away
A chain of pain holds me back
Try to find myself
Like a needle in a haystack

Where do I go from here
I hope the end is near
How do I continue
To carry on, its been too long

So much shit in the way
The view is so unclear
Don't like the reflection
I see in the mirror
Want to be the best
I'm best at being worst
Don't touch the bubble
'Cause it's about to burst

Where do I go from here
I hope the end is near
How do I continue
To carry on



	Helping our kids express what they have held inside most of their lives is a challenge and giving them the tools to explore their emotions is a key to opening up the deep healing processes that will take these young people on to their future challenges, trials and struggles well equipped to face life and succeed. Using the creative processes of poetry, mixed-media art projects and performance art, in conjunction with guided counseling and group interaction our young people are encouraged to find their inner-most feelings and to express them in colorful and creative ways. Hands-on creativity encourages these courageous young people to come to grips with their own roadblocks, self-limitations and stumbling-blocks, while at the same time giving them fresh insights into the experiences, attitudes and history that have brought them into the system

Why have you left me? I’m stuck in the dark and I can’t see Blind So happiness is a luxury I can’t find Thoughts of those I love Never escape my mind But no one understands For a long time I was the victim of the Devil’s Plans I keep cryin’ cuz I feel like I am dyin’ And I gotta keep runnin’ Cause the devil keeps commin’ P S God Knows Death behold I’m on my way to a kingdom Of gold so my soul was sold But I bought it back Wanna get there the spirit of Christ Is what you lack I ain’t never scared Cause my Father’s got my back I need em to survive and through Him I thrive Hez the reason I’m alive It’s real complete is how I feel Believe and achieve that’s the deal P S
		Soldier like me T.D. This soldier like me Often to what is closed And the blindness of what cannot be seen It just so seems to dim And you nor I can do not sin For I have no sense This life seems too dense I’m livin’ off seventy-five cents Take from me what I do not deserve Give me back people to serve It all seems to be on my last nerve All I say is fuck you all My life is in a stall A mode that seems so cold in despair I do not care I know this not to be bare Of what I do through I have no idea what to do I feel closed trapped in a crew We’re not working together It’s been like this forever I feel like giving up I will never live up To what I cannot be Other people are too blind to see What other has grown of me This is who I have chosen to be And M.O.C. Thank you for listening To a soldier like me
Fear of the Unknown B.A. Lost and out of place Exhausted to the bone How can I go on I want to go home I try to walk away A chain of pain holds me back Try to find myself Like a needle in a haystack Where do I go from here I hope the end is near How do I continue To carry on, its been too long So much shit in the way The view is so unclear Don't like the reflection I see in the mirror Want to be the best I'm best at being worst Don't touch the bubble 'Cause it's about to burst Where do I go from here I hope the end is near How do I continue To carry on

Please come back and visit us here often as we'll be updating the offerings of our artists on a regular basis. We thank our corporate sponsors for their support of this important project and for making the hope, healing and place to grow possible for the kids in our care.

Soldier like me T.D.

Fear of the Unknown B.A.

Soldier like me
T.D.

Fear of the Unknown
B.A.