IS LOVE FOREVER?   

Mother asks “if your friends jump off a bridge would you.” Honestly, they hadn’t needed to. All they had done was said, and like pied piper rats they were misled.

Mother asks her daughter, “Were you not afraid the waves would hold you down, chock the sound of yes out of you, leave you to drown. The daughter responds that she hadn’t thought that far. Couldn’t consider that water may scar.

Mother berates her, “she’d said she’d wait.” Mother does not wait, up-hoist the conversion to her son. Surprisingly the segment of blame does not come. She simply hums, “Just don’t get them pregnant,” How can both children hold the same view yet only one child is untrue.

Even unsaid, the words can easily be read. This system that was created is a pandora’s box of paradox. It must self-destruct if even the foundations are made of rot.

It is unbearable that adults are not careful enough to not leave instructions unclear. Children and teens can only adhere when knowledge is acknowledged. The construction of notes for transactions earns proper actions. The attraction that is the act of reproduction is the same. Blame cannot be given to rules that are left unwritten. Opinions for raising children cannot cause the blaming of girls and the praising of boys for the same action. This would obviously cause a frustrating reaction.

The fact is both parties have parts in these stories.

Thus, in order to start the part to help people to develop the state of mind for them to wait for a proper marriage binds before things happen behind closed doors. We must uniform the data we use to inform what is right from what is wrong. Because life may be filled of closed doors but the cause to open them is that consistency is key.

Aaleyah Caldeira

Non-Indulgence

To be chaste means to be untouched

To be chaste doesn’t mean unwatched

What do you do if they stop and stare?

And they’re only concerned on what you wear?

Or what you don’t wear

Rather to speak

And the blossom of a love affair

That could be over in a week

What would you do when it’s over?

And you realize you’re now sober

Not sober from rum and whine

But well aware that you crossed a line

A line that you feel shouldn’t have been crossed

You had your fun but at what cost?

Now if there was a way to feel loved

Instead of feeling like you were shoved

Abstinence focuses on what you can’t incorporate in your life

And to save yourself for your husband or wife

But chastity means so much more

To look into yourself and explore

Explore love, freedom, respect and peace

So bountiful blessing may increase

Explore a romance that you won’t regret

And have your feelings spared from a threat

Threat of feeling like you were used

By self-inflicted mental abuse

The feel of shame of one’s disappointment

Only to have a shortened enjoyment

Sure, sex may great but what’s the rush?

For a brief moment when you blush?

Chastity allows you to see who you are

Instead of leading home or being lead from a bar

Chastity shows why you love and breaks all confusion

Instead of you forming your own illusion

Chastity shows how you are worth the wait

Until you find a suitable and selfless mate

Tell me, is it Love or Lust?

Are they somebody that you can trust?

Do you think you’re ready to be impure?

Just because you think your mature?

Mature and ready to take on a huge responsibility

To commit an act meant for fertility?

And what’ll happen when the intimacies gone?

And you feel like they’re ready to be withdrawn

Celibacy ensures you of who is true

And that the love can always be renewed

Chastity includes working together for cooperation

And someone who gives you the right motivation

Feeling loved and the need to feel adored

Shouldn’t compromise your relationship with the lord 

God gave us this body that works without mind

Let self-respect prevail and find another way to unwind 

He made our intelligence so far and beyond

So, let’s not limit ourselves to a mate with no bond 

Play a game, Word Search if you may

Anything that won’t lead you astray

Preserving oneself is a major goal

It promotes upliftment for the body and soul

Cleansing your psyche for the greater hype

In the name of chastity, no tears you shall wipe

We’re all accountable for the things we do

The things that we don’t we’re accountable to

To yourself you can be true 

Chastity should be about you, you, and you

Deanna Wahchee

LOVE OR LUST

Slowly I raised my head, gazing into your deep bright eyes

A conversation with no words leaving our lips

A feeling of warmth arose from my feet to my head,

standing there still and sturdy as planted bricks

The moment you smiled, I blushed,

slowly looking back down on the ground

glancing and thinking “who are you?”, “oh my!” and “wow!”

Risking seeing you only once was not an option

So, we are keeping into contact now

Holding on to this connection, we share

The tendencies that drove our minds wrong

The wonders of you I admire

That makes me feel as if I’m on cloud nine

but I won’t continue to be a liar

because you are not thine

there is someone else who has my heart

but on the other hand, you have my mind

Someone I truly adore

The person who seeped my shine

I can’t help who my heart yearns for

At least y’all are both mine

Have I told you, of the happiness you bring?

But oh my! that person and I!

We went through sun and rain

our souls are combined

But us, our minds are entwined

And I’m unable to do anything about it,

because this is how I am designed

Experiencing with you and sharing with the other

Persistence in grace and delicate as a flower

loving, and being carried away by the lustful power

A power invested in myself

A power that is underestimated

Taking my time with slow and steady contemplating

Which one should I choose to have,

this situation that I created

I know some time I will have to pick one

With hopes that y’all will adjust

But for now,

still can’t decide between Love Or you, my Lust.

Jimesha Miguel

Winner: Second Place

Vows of chastity

(Intro )

I hold the prize and its right before my eyes its God and our love that we needa compromise it the love not the lust and the process to trust you see this is a must cause we need this for us.

(Verse 1)

This is a virtue it cannot hurt you it really takes 2 to get the work through control your passion get it in action mental subtraction dont need no distractions resist temptation keep your salvation increase levitation keep the love going earn it while its growing let it be glowing hey hey .

(Verse2)

Keeping that self respect when you walk in Christ you know that there are no regrets you know that he is just waiting up there to bless so let us keep our love thing a little modest just so we could past this test i mean perseverance is all for the best just so that the enemy cannot get a hold of me cuz i know that right now God is really molding me. (Uh) protecting me from what i cannot see its just my purity im living morally this aint insanity this is for you and me open your eyes and see this is the plan for me.

(Chorus)(×2)

Vows of chastity keep on working cause you got that tenacity see our goal is bigger than the capacity we gotta maintain our sanctity (Cmon)

(Verse3)

Working with fidelity it is a necessity strong in stability tell me are you feeling me reaping all the benefits push aside the opposites putting up the limits when it comes to being celibate. Im living freely in this faithfully giving it totally progressing fruitfully we got that integrity being clean mentally lets kick out the enemy lets go lets go putting this into the seeds that we sow we have time to grow and just so you know our blessing gonna overflow like

(Chorus)(×3)

(Verse 1)

Pause: hold on i aint finish yet.

(Chorus)(×2)

(Verse1)

Rachel Chan

"Lustful Love or Lovable Lust?"

Everybody knows the word "LOVE"

Others would say For you,

Everything I can do, 

I can climb the mountain top as you make my heartbeat pound like a butterflies in my stomach fluttering,

You're the cause of my euphoria and used to brings me an insomnia

But, who knows the true meaning of Love? other's say Love symbolizes lust and Lust symbolizes love but Love doesn't always happen from love, and Lust won't forever last

However, we should know the right virtue that applies to sexuality 

A sign of true love without giving up your body as early

Through chastity, refers to the capacity to have reverence for the gift of sexuality

This involves being morally clean in thoughts, words, and actions

while sexual intimacy is ordained of God for love expression and children's creation

It consists of Faith, Responsibility, Joy, Femininity, and Masculinity

The question is, How Love and Lust differ from each other?

Love gives while Lust takes

Love is conditional while Lust is conditional

Love brings relaxation while Lust brings tension

Love is a decision while Lust is like an infatuation

Love brings sacrifice while Lust brings violence

Love surrender while Lust crave for desire

Love sets you free while Lust imprisons you and an interdictory

Love discusses feeling in reality while Lust discusses feelings in a fantasy

Love is like a drug, no rehab can fix it,

It will take a whole lot of medication before we're able to move on

It's not a sin at all to fall in love but,

Make sure your action is a reflection of love

Thus, Chastity is necessary It signifies 

Spiritual energy capable of defending love from perils of aggressiveness and self-greedy

It includes apprenticeship in self-mastery

Which is a training in human liberty and witness God's fidelity because chastity is a joyous affirmation to free from slavery 

So man and a woman needs a continuous illumination of  holy spirit 

To live chastely  and increase human's dignity enables them to love unselfishly

How does chastity benefits us?

Well first of all it decreased chances of psychological damage from expressing intimacy without commitment, Second ,free from STD, HIV, and AIDS third, avoid early pregnancy and miscarriage 

Chastity is an ultimate perfection of human spirit as true love came from Jesus Christ

As written in the bible,

For God so loved the World, he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish but have an eternal life

Hence, Parents should teach chastity

Thereby creating framework of educating young adolescent for self-realization and implies temperance, prudence, and fortitude formation

If parents will not teach children about chastity 

They're failing in their first duty likewise,

They will be guilty as  they tolerate their children to grow up with immorality

To avoid lust have a strong connection with God to resist

Don't let your physical pleasure and sexual gratification be the center of your relationship

Try meditation to develop an inner peace

And feel an ease

Think about twice and wisely,

"As We shouldn't rush ,don't let your dignity, reputation, and image turn into an ash"

Trisha Mae Fernandez

Winner: People's Choice

Boiling emotions, feelings and urges,

Hormones engulf the body and mind via surges,

Is it love to naturally look at someone and be attracted?

Or is it lust that you are attracted by their image as your mind reacted,

Love, a word so simple and so complex,

It’s so much more than flowers, dates and animalistic sex,

It’s a blend of feelings, emotions and a fire of affection,

The ability to see someone entirely and open warm arms with no judgement or neglection,

To be driven by them, their personality, their passion or simply their smile,

You would do so much for so little, to see their face you’d even walk a mile,

Not only what you say but the way you act,

The ability to touch someone’s heart so deeply you’d see a lifestyle impact,

Contrary, to the flip-side of this coin,

People experience sensations burning deep from within their loin,

Enticing and seducing minds by selling false hopes and dreams,

Saying they love them truly but in reality not one word is what it seems,

Lust, seeing a person and undressing them with your eyes,

Leading yourself to be addictive and nothing but an illusion in disguise,

Simply starts by sending one simple explicit text,

Leading to unclothed words, pictures and that question, What’s next?

From then and there the choice you make determines your aura,

One to be pivotal and firm or to become a mindless explorer,

A road leading to be compelling and addictive, a slave to sex and lust,

Or one that is dignified, right and genuinely just,

Through all the thick and thin, luckily there is a key,

One hard to maintain and keep a hold of in today’s twisted society,

One that many cannot comprehend as it is overwhelms their mental capacity,

One single virtue, entitled Chastity,

Abstinence, a discipline so crucial and meaningful,

For the construction and formation of something so flavored and beautiful,

Imagine a relationship built of compassion and pure love, surely a win,

And as a plus you’d be living right by God since no fornication means no sin,

Remember love is deep and consummation sacred,

Don’t let undeserving hearts compromise your dignity disrobing you naked,

Real eyes recognize real lies, so open your eyes to see what is true,

And protect yourself, protect your heart by practice of this virtue,

Always be observant and be extremely cautious,

Identify and feel the difference between love and what is really lust,

Remember a solid relationship is not built on only heated romance,

So make the right choice to build something beautiful and not lose the chance.

Trivon Bobb