Break the Silence by Ramon Medina (7th Grader)

Don’t be afraid
Don’t be afraid to talk
Don’t be afraid to walk

Break the silence

Don’t be part of the problem
Be a part of the solution

There’s a place for all the criminals
And I don’t want you to go there
So turn your life around

Don’t you remember,
Seeing life through our eyes?
Weren’t you afraid?
Make a change and serve your time.

Crime in San Ignacio by Veronica Peresedova (7th Grader)

We demand-
no more killing,
We demand-
no more stealing,
We demand-
no more raping.

Stop the crime
in San Ignacio and Belize City,
Police officers-
Do your jobs,
Protect the innocent-
Not the guilty.
We need our government to help,
If you won`t...
we`ll do something `bout it.
`Cause we won`t stand here
and do nothing
While our friends
and neighbors
and family members
die and suffer.

We want PEACE!
We want HOPE!
We want JOY and LOVE
to flow about us.

Criminals, stop what you`re doing.
Get an education, get a job.
PLEASE, STOP THE CRIME,
I`m begging you to please stop crime.
If you change,
Life will be better for you
and for everyone else.
PLEASE!!!

Crimes Are Happening in Belize by Catherine Guerra (7th Grader)

Belize is our land,
We should be glad to be Belizean,
Many crimes are happening...
When they should be stopping.
A lot of people are dying
because of bad minds.

When we don't pay enough
attention to criminals,
They get away to rape again,
And we don't bother...
Fathers raping their daughters.

Now we shouldn't be here,
No, we won't have fear,
We should be heard clear,
Don't let them get away,
Lock them up in jail; in there-
Let them stay.

Stop the Violence by Unconfirmed (6th Grader)

Stop the violence
in Belize,
We want to live a life
of peace please,
As a child-
I don’t think this is the way
things should be,
We are yet kids;
We have a right to live,
But some who are smart
have used their intelligence wrongly,
Tricking kids
and making everyone sorry,
Some adults
just ignore their child’s wrongs,
Keeping secret
their child’s crimes,
Not reporting them in on time,
Preferring that they continue
crossing the line.

Crime is continuing to happen
Crime is killing our future,
Did you know?
Criminals use guns and knifes
to damage our lives.

So stop the violence and crime,
Our lives are worth the time.

Violence by Gabrielle Matus (5th Grader)

Violence is killing people
and it needs to be stopped,
But it won’t
be stopped on its own, 
We need to take a stand
at school and at home,
We need to help-
stop the crime
by speaking against the violence
in our time,
Women and children
are being raped
but no one seems to care,
People who need to be in jail
are not there…

So let’s get up
and help to break the silence,
and finally put in jail-
The people guilty of violence.

Violence in the Streets by Amy Pelayo (7th Grader)

Stop the killing-
if you are willing.

let there be
a new generation…
for our nation,

We are people…
not animals,
So care for everyone
both big and small.

Stop the murder- I say
because some day…
you won’t go any further.

And if you do murder someone,
You should go to jail
and never get bail
until God’s kingdom come.

The Crime in the City by Nelianne Rancharan (6th Grader)

The crime...
in the city...
is really bad,
but no one knows
or can remember
how it all started,
Belize use to be
a peaceful haven,
Were the children use to play
with nothing bad happening,
Parents use to say,
“Go and buy something to cook.”
The children use to come back
safe and sound,
But now in Belize
some children...
can’t be found,

If you live in Belize
and you buy at the store,
Please do not go by yourself,
I am giving you advice-
if you want to be safe,
Please be with someone older
who could look over your shoulder.