::: I Want to Get Off :::

STOP
the ride

i want to get off

STOP
the pain

i want to go on

STOP
war

i want world peace

STOP
the stupidity

people are dying

STOP
anger

i want inner peace

STOP
destruction

i want a place to live

STOP
polution

i want a place for our children to live

STOP
hunger

children are dying

STOP
hatred

i want many friends

STOP
the cycle of violence

i want it to end

STOP
the prejudice

i want to be different

STOP
depression

i am dying

STOP
the homicide

i want to live another day

STOP
the suicide

i want you to promise me

STOP
distancing yourself

i want to be close to you

STOP
the world

i want to get off

sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy

Have you ever felt like you had finally come home after a long time away? Yeah. That's how I felt today. That and exhausted in the good, I've done something to help others, way.

Today I went up to the summer camp I work at to help with the annual spring cleaning, which includes tidying of sites, general repairs, many volunteers and lots of fun.
I ended up painting. I was working with a girl a year older than me name Nadine. We painted the doors of two buildings (that's 4 doors) and 2 bifs (outhouses). We were working for nearly 6 hours.
We had to walk back and forth all over camp, and trust me it's not a small camp, carrying our buckets and brushes. Finally, we got tired of that and stole a wheelbarrow to drag our paint around in. (we had to switch colours part way through the day) One of the bifs we were painting ended up being kind of pink instead of beige because I didn't wash out the brush between the red-brown and the beige. We laughed a lot at that. It might have been one of those 'you had to be there' things though.

I had a blast.

I am now very very very excited about camp this summer. Can't wait to go. However, I have to find my yellow sneakers first, as they seem to have disappeared off the face of the planet.

( and a little extra message for Ruby )