"Life"

Dontay
Griscom Middle School

"Life" by Dontay Griscom Middle School This video was taken at the 2012 7GP 7th Grade Poetry Contest Winner Event in St. Louis, MO. Read the poems of every 7GP winner at https://www.7gp.org. The 7th Grade Poetry Foundation (7GP) is transforming young lives and their classrooms through writing.

Life is precious
Life is good
Life is more
Than being in the hood.

I speak from personal experience
Life behind bars is no fun at all
Enjoy life like you’re sitting on a throne
In a blink of an eye someone you love can be gone.

You only get one life
So live it right
Watch your actions
And always think twice

Put down the gun
Stop killing each other
Think before you act
Start helping one another

Treat life with pleasure
Because life is a treasure