You know what else i am? Sick. I am so SICK of stereotyping and labeling! Seriously, why does it matter, anyway? Its so sad. People are related in SO many more ways then what group they're in. But yet, they all fail to realize it because they are so caught up in their cliques and putting down others that they don't even seem to notice.

"Prep" makes fun of "Goth." Talks about how- "She should get school spirit and a makeover or not bother to come to school at all. Seriously, she like is totally drab. She just lives to hate people. I'm so sick of her."

They hate each other. Yet, they fail to realize how much they are alike. The fact that they both cry themselves to sleep, because hey have both been abused. They both wish they were someone else. They both hate who they see in the mirror.

The difference is how they show it. (which gave them their labels that separate them more)

Prep fills this void with gossip. Putting others down seems to make her feel higher. She also fills it with love. The problem with that is that its not real love, and it leaves her feeling emptier then ever.

Goth, on the other hand turned her back on love. She fills this hole inside with anger and hate. She is convinced that she hates everything, ...even herself.

So similar- but yet so different.

This is the same with "Jock" and "Emo."

You see, Jock trashes emo. Literally. Trashcan. See, he's got a reputation for being the tough guy. When really, inside, he is weaker than most.

Emo, on the other hand, doesn't even try the 'tough guy' thing. He's known to be weak, and an easy target for criticism. What they don't realize is that those words and things they do cut deeper than they think. Literally. CUT.

Why do they do these things? Power. Jock feels empty. Sure, he can have basically what he wants as far as cars and money and sports go. But, his parents divorce is one thing he couldn't control. Now they are both workaholics that give him anything he could want. Except attention. If they just looked a bit closer, heck, if they just looked at all, they would see that he's begging for attention. But they don't.

Emo on the other hand has a different kind of control. Its both emotional and physical. Its pain. He has pain from wounds that others create. From his parents fighting and using him to get back at each other to being socially outcast. So he creates his own wounds. He may not have control over what others say, or how much pain it causes, be he has control over how it hurts. He can't stand crying himself to sleep. But he knows that he can't lash out at them either. So he numbs his emotions. What he does let himself feel is the pain that they leave; alone with his razor blade.

Prep, Goth, Jock and Emo all hate what they do.It makes them hate themselves. ...Then they do it more.

What they don't realize is this is how they are connected. They hate themselves. And they hate this world.

But most of all, they are lost. They are all searching for answers in the wrong direction. They all have this hole inside of them that they er trying to fill. They all try to fill it with different things, but all wind up with the same result.

Empty. And ina deeper hole than they started out in.

I'm sure that if they really realized how they can relate, how we aren't that different than we seem, thatwe might think twice about "trashing" other groups. Those who are lonely would know that they weren't alone. If we'd just break the walls, we'd all be better off.

But it doesn't seem to be happening. Wonder why? Because we aren't breaking the walls and joining together. Instead, we're coming up with new labels and ways to put others down.

Why do we do this? Because we care too much what others think. We're afraid. Afraid of what they'll think. Afraid of how we'll look. Afraid of what will happen.

So, instead of being a little uncomfortable and leaving our comfort zones, we are really in pain. But at least we're comfortable, right?

If we don't lay down our pride and step outside of our circles we will never help anyone; not ourselvesor others.

"Be the change you wish to see in the world" -Gandhi

It all starts with you. Lying down your labels, your judgment, your pride and admitting that you're human; Sharing your struggles. Because chances are, at least one other person feels the same.

I'm not asking you to run a marathon, or go base jumping, or eat a tarantula or anything.

Just to think about it.

...And next time that you look someone in your eyes and talk to them, no matter the 'class' they've been put into, you might just see the same pain in their eyes as that of the eyes in the mirror