Words really do hurt don't they? The power of words.

I wrote this poem in honor of National Bully Prevention Month and I feel like it could help alot of others out there who need it but arent able to get it.

To some people words may be just a form of communication

but what they don’t understand is that when words are spoken, they are normally never forgotten.

Sometimes the things people say, stay in the back of our minds forever

and for some reason they

just won’t go away.

We all know a person who looks so scared to smile, so afraid to speak up,

What they don’t realize is that there are people out there just like them.

People who are scared.

That girl to the left, starves herself just so her younger siblings have enough to eat. Yet people in the halls scream anorexic on a daily

She's afraid that her friends will judge her, because her family lives in poverty.

What she doesn’t know is that

there are people just like her.

People who live in poverty.

That boy to the right, hides from the crowd just so he won’t be noticed,

yet people in the halls call out his imperfections.

All he hears is how nerdy he is

or

how nothing he does turns out right.

All he ever wanted was to just fit in but he was born to stand out

and what he doesn’t know is

there are people just like him.

People born to stand out.

There are boys and girls, with scars,

who wear a fake smile,

that they don’t believe in

and

as soon as somebody touches them

they just flinch and pull away.

They say they aren’t worth it.

They say they are nothing, but a blank page in a story of an epic tragedy.

Their minds are full of these thoughts,

that keep them up at night,

crying in the dark.

So I am not going to sit here and watch those who are "different"

be treated this way, I will not be a bystander

because they deserve so much better.

Everyone needs to know they have a voice

and right now my voice is to help those being bullied because of who they are.

Eminem once said,

"I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor.

If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you.

It's as simple as that."

In honor of National Bullying Prevention Month which is October

I want everyone to be who they are and not hold back. Stay positive towards yourself and others because together we can change the way of the world.