Everyone Is Human

Teenagers can be cruel 

They can take something so innocent and beautiful and ruin it 

They hurt people and do not even care 

 

I used to be proud of what I looked like 

I was proud of my religion and everything it gave me 

Yet, now I hide from it 

 

I don't let people know I am Jewish because then they bring up my nose 

They notice its size

They all say, "of course you're Jewish look at your nose" 

 

I have since become very ashamed of who I am

I want to be pretty 

not the girl who when a penny is sitting on the ground is the one assumed to pick it up

 

I just wish that teenagers today could learn to accept 

Not to criticize and ridicule 

They need to learn that everyone is amazing and beautiful regardless of certain characteristics

 

Everyone has that thing they are ashamed of or try to hide 

Everyone is human 

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