Dear Cool Group...A Letter From 'The Other Side'

• Jessica Abraham, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2008

You make my life miserable.
Cucumber sandwiches and celery salad?
Be happy with the body you have.
Just think. What about real body issues?
All the make-up.
Designer clothes, dyed hair.
So much trouble to cover yourself.
Afraid to be you?
Taunting in class.
Quiet and sneaky.
Teachers think you’re nice.
They don’t see your other side.
I’m taking a stand. Had enough!
Look at us. Look at you.
We all have good.
Let’s share it.