"Sacrifice.,?.."

"You wouldn't understand..."

"You're too young..."

"Pipsqueak.."

"Go home kid."

All these words I have heard all my life because I'm 'too young' to understand. I'm 14. Just because I'm young doesn't mean I haven't been through worst shit that you. My baby cousin and my uncle are in the hospital. Half of my family is gone so it's just me and my dad on that side, I have family in Florida who got hit with Imra.. If you don't think that's bad enough I still put on a smile. I've always been complemented on my smile "You always have a smile on your face" "Your smile is so bright" "You smile all day everyday, no matter what." That's what I hear. But never hear someone "Is something wrong?" "What happened?" "Why do you hide behind your smile?" I hide behind my smile because it makes others happy. If I don't then I have failed everyone. Is this my fate? To hide behind a pair of teeth?... Is that all I'm good for?.. So let me repeat the question.. What am I to you? Am I a joke? Your sister or your savior?...