The elephant in the room
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How can something that’s always there
Always in our faces
Be so completely ignored,
The elephant in the room
begging for attention
for help
How can people turn their backs to what they see
In the hallways
Online
In classrooms
On the streets,
Bullying doesn’t stop in high school
But high school is where it seems to catch up with us,
Old enough to know what the world is like
Young enough to not realize that there are better things ahead,
Don’t give up,
It’s not your fault,
Bullies have problems of their own,
The fault is in the bystanders
The people standing by
Watching,
It’s not my problem, they think
They need to toughen up, they say,
It’s not just adults who stand there idly
It’s the kids too
Who see it everywhere,
Don’t be those people,
Be there for a friend
Or an enemy
Or a stranger,
Because otherwise they might take their future into their own hands,
And you’ll wish you could have made a difference