Young Writers Society

Sit up, close your legs; pull down your shirt, go put on a tank top under that; change shorts, go put on jeans; that shirt will draw too much attention, those shorts are too short; stand up straight; walk; act the proper young lady you are meant to be; listen and do not speak out of turn; look at me when I am talking to you; do not walk away; you are a young lady, act it; why did you fail this?; why did you fail that?; I did not mean to, I tried, I really did try; give me that, you cannot have it back until I say so; family comes first, then school; school comes before friends; take care of your friends; ignore the drama, concentrate on your studies; do what is right; be the young lady you need to be; your brother did this, why can you not do it?; I am sorry!; your sister did this, why can you not do it?; I am trying!; you are not your siblings; I know that but sometimes I feel like I do not meet your standards; sometimes I feel ashamed; be the young lady you are meant to be; stay away from boys, they are gross; not all of them are…; can I not have friends who are boys?; come and talk to us, we are here for you; stop crying; stop frowning, you are fine; stop, there is nothing wrong with you; you know, we love you; be the young lady you are meant to be; do not let anyone force you to do something; think before you do or speak; say your prayers every night; you have nightmares?; you are fine, go back to sleep; You wonder why I am always tired and my answer is, I have nightmares; I cannot talk right now, I’m busy; you are not your grades; why did you fail this?; why did you fail that?; we are here for you; we are busy, right now, and cannot talk; we need to talk; what is said in this house, stays here; do not let your sister bully you, stand up to her; I wish I could, but it never works; I sit here being pushed around when I try; I need help, where were you when I needed you?; stop being dramatic; do not cry, everything is fine; as long as you do your best, I am satisfied; why did you fail this?; we see you only a few hours a day, put your phone away; do not talk with your mouth full; chew with your mouth closed; act like a proper young lady; God loves you, do not despair; there is no point in crying, that is enough, now; why did you not tell us?; I do not know; how could I have explained it to you?; are you scared?; Yes; what for?; I am afraid you will think of me differently; you know we love you; do not forget all we have taught you; stay humble; what is wrong?; why did you do that?; I do not know; you should have come to us, else it would have not happened; I tried, but you were busy; always walk with other girls; be the proper young lady and listen to what we say; do not go to your friends for help, come to us; we cannot talk right now, we are busy; be patient and wait like a young lady; you do not have to fit in with everyone else to be happy and to be a young lady; ignore what the people at school say; do not be afraid to ask us anything, we are here for you; what if I am too scared to or am too uncomfortable to?; a proper young lady would not pay attention to the gossip; walk away if your friends start gossiping; do not get involved in drama; you make the choice of being happy or sad, not us; you are wasting your life away being sad; you are going to look back and regret your decisions; I already do, I regret all of it; you are eating too much, eat less; you need to start working out; why have you not been eating?; that is not good for you; you need to eat, your body needs nutrition; you are not overweight, you need to eat; ignore what people say about you, they are not your parents; what others think does not matter, do not let it bother you; why do you wear so much makeup?; you do not need it; what have you learned?; be the young lady you are; sit up, do not slouch; look up when you walk; stop frowning, stop crying; God comes before everything; school comes before friends; we come before school; come to us if you need help; always know, we love you; do not spend your life in sadness, it is pointless; there is so much to be happy about; I wish I could feel as happy as you want me to be; you wear too much makeup—you do not need it—I wish I could say the same about that; Are you upset with me?; Yes, but I am not going to tell you that, what’s the point?; you aren’t sleeping?, just pray; you aren’t sleeping?, well, maybe you should get off your phone; you will be fine, just pray; I do and I am only on my phone because I can’t sleep; I make one mistake, and it turns into the biggest thing; I try not to let things get to me, but they do; I try to ignore what people say about me, but guess what?, they don’t accept me; I don’t feel wanted and yet I am still here; oh, stop, you’re being overdramatic; do you really believe those things?; yes, I actually do; the more you say such things, the more I believe it. I wake up wishing I didn’t; I go to school praying I will die; I leave school, wondering why I should go home or go anywhere for that matter; I go to bed wishing that I never wake up; That is a simplest summary I can give to you; I am but a shadow that you see; the rest of me is an empty shell; you say you understand how I am feeling, but do you really?; you can never know how I feel because you cannot stand in my shoes and experience what I experience.

Author's note: this is not supposed to be grammatically correct due to it being one sentence. The point was to express a central theme/idea. Please disregard the grammar (unless it's a comma splice or something like that) and let me know what you think! Thanks!