She was in high school,

A straight-A student;

The scars won't go away.

She was thrown in a trash can.

The culprits were boys down the block.

Ways to ease the trauma:

to empower kids and

nurture a more congenial environment.

Not just the targeted kids who suffer,

simply witness bullying,

more likely to skip school or abuse alchohol.

Children who are bullied:

more likely to contemplate suicide

and skip school.

It stays with you.

If you don't feel safe as a

child, you can't learn.

Bullying isn't, of course just physical violence.

Bullying and teenage cruelty

are human rights abuses.

I have a voice in the universe,

I can make a difference

and mobilize young people to change the world.

I want to make that clear.

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So, this is an undated poem, but it was for an assignment in middle school. So with that, there is undoubtedly mistakes and such, but the message is still there.