Do you know what it's like to be called names as people shove you in the corridors
Or to go home to an empty house,
Afraid
Afraid that if you don't get all the housework done by the time your parents are home that you might not be given any food,
So you don't revise for that test you had and your teacher scolds you.
Do you know what it's like to have to protect your younger siblings from the screaming and fighting that fills your house at night.
Giving them your extra blankets to block out the cold because mum and dad would never pay the bills,
Do you now what it's like to be teased at school because you are always wearing the same outfit but that's all you can do to give your siblings a better shot at life to try and break this cycle.
It's all you can do to try and protect them from the dangers of the world.
Do you know?
No you don't but the girl you just shoved down in the hallway,
She does.
The boy that never shows up for class in time because he overslept he's working two jobs to support his family yet you think it's your place to make him feel worthless.
He knows...
But do you now how you hurt these people?
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