The author does not profess to know what goes through an individual's mind during those times when the individual is contemplating, for whatever reasons, the futility of living. The author is an optimist by nature. Even so, the author makes a sane and intelligent deduction as to the emotions felt during such times. Haunting, here, is the fact that these poems are about teens under the age of eighteen. To be so young, and feel life is a futile endeavor, is truly a tragedy. However, the author makes an honest and sincere attempt to steer such negative emotions towards a more positive outcome, but to realize this the poems must be read all the way through to the last poem.