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Awaken me! The Real ME

May 29, 2012
By KayleeG GOLD, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
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"Be who you are not who everyone wants you to be"

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You can wear make up and pretend you are real.
You can put on cloths that are to tight and pretend it doesn't hurt.
But when you get home you will still be you and no one will love you if you hide behind the mask you keep putting on. Reveal you and be who you are!

© Ryan P., Greenwood Village, CO

The author's comments:
I wrote this while looking at this girl in class that was wearing a lot of make up and she would always smile when people would look at her, But then they would look away and you could see her smile leave and see the pain that she had
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