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May 2016
You try to break us down
You try to make us hurt

We are just like you.
We all have a heart, brain, nerves, feelings…
We smile just like you.
We laugh just like you have before…
… And we hurt
And we cry
So, why treat us wrongly?

I don’t want everyone to be equal because that’d be wrong.
I don’t want people to be just like each other. That’d be boring.

I want everyone to have understanding.
I want everyone to look.
To look at others, and realize that people are hurt, and suffering.
That there are people out there who get abused, and neglected.

Do you get abused?...
How about neglected?

You have a better life than others, so you take what you have granted.
Don’t you?
Why?!

Because… you think you’re so much better just because you have a car!
You have money.
You have a roof over your head.
You have a family!

If you assume you’re so much better than why do you hurt too?
Maybe one of these days you will realize there are people who are different.

And I swear --
I swear on my life for those who don’t think to realize you aren’t better;
And so it gives you the right to treat others with disrespect, dishonesty, and be calloused toward them?

No. It doesn’t… It shouldn’t.
I want people to learn from their mistakes.
Learn that people… are… different.
Written February 3rd 16
Kelly Miller
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Kelly Miller  F/United States
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