Can You Hear Me?

Have you ever listened to the hallways of your school? It's full of different voices, fighting to be heard. Most people consider me a loud-mouth. Which is somewhat true, I do talk fairly loudly. But that's only cause of years of being on stage. But that's beside the point.

My point is that we all want to be heard. It's an underlying need. We all want our words to leave some sort of impact on the world. We all want to have some famous quote posted on a website or blog. But only certain people are heard. Only celebrities and writers get quotes. You've never read a quote from Jeff at the 7/11, or Doris from Roma's pizza.

But are these celebrities really worth listening to? They could be filling our minds with crap. And they probably are. The people (more specifically teens) need a voice. No one listens to us, they don't even try to understand. All I really want in life is to really be heard, to be understood. I want people to remember me. I think that's what we all want, deep down. To leave our mark on the world.    

Perhaps we should listen to those voices in our school hallways. All those voices want to be heard. I'm not saying that you have to agree with the voices, just respect them, understand them. It could make someone's day, to know that just one person, really heard them.