For all the times I said good bye
I’m writing now to say hello
For all the times I made you cry
I’m writing now to say I know
For all the times you’ve prayed to god
And asked him how or why
I’m writing now to say please
Just let your heartache go
For all the times I said good bye
I’m writing now to say hello
–A letter to a little sister from a kid at Pine Hills, a Youth Correctional Facility in Miles City, MT. Free Verse Writing Project visited the kids to teach and write with them this November. The Missoula Writing Collaborative is a proud sponsor of Free Verse, which offers creative writing instruction for young people in Montana juvenile detention programs.