The Alphabet (idea stolen from Alis Priddy)

A is for the abuse you reported. A is for abuse gone unreported.
B is for Botox and the fountain of youth. Every time your little sister called you "Bitch" and you believed her.
C is for cleavage and the little you've got.
D is for depression, the disease that's taking over the nation one teenager at a time. One case of the baby blues every couple of seconds. One chronic illness. One death in the family. One "life was easier when I was a kid." The disease that's taking over the commercials on TV with promises that Cymbalta can help and that's taking over your life in the form of a new therapist every week.
E is for espresso. To make up for energy and the joke that's become.
F is for forgiveness. F is for forgiving your ex seven times seven. F is for faith and the saint you're becoming.
G is for gay. We don't know how to handle them. We like their YouTube channels and their Facebook statuses, yet we're scared of gay marriage.
H is for high and however we get there.
I is for innocence and the loss thereof.
J is for jail. We rap about killing our wives. Abusing our girlfriends. Drug deals. Gang fights. We worship the homeboys and their image, but throw the real gangstas in jail.
K is for kissing kicking knives knowledge knitting hats.
L is for lies. The world is processed through Photoshop and I can't tell what's real and what's not.
M is for the media and how it dictates our lives more than the Bible. M is for makeup that we wear like masks. M is for money and marriage and milk.
N is for naked. And how that's all we are and all we're not.
O is for oppression.
P is for the bottles of pills in the lockbox ever since you overdosed. P is for the pills you're prescribed and the pills you pop anyways.
Q is for the questions your parents ask, but you don't answer.
R is for rehab and for all of your treatment buddies and their nonstop posts on Facebook.
S is for sex. S is for STD's and who has what. And did you know you can get an STD giving a blowjob? S is for skinny and how that's all girls aspire to be anymore.
T is for texting pictures of your tits.
U is for uninvited to that party. U is for unasked to prom.
V is for vintage and the filters on insta.
W is for writing to stop from punching another hole in the wall. W is for writing to take the pain away. W is for writing instead of taking drugs.
X is for xenophobia and how I'm scared of strangers but I should be scared of myself instead.
Y is for you and how that's all I seem to think about anymore.
Z is for zero and that's how many of us can honestly say we love ourselves.