Attention

          In my eyes, Dante is one of the most amazing names in the world. Truthfully, I sometimes wish it were my own. However, I don't believe I would deserve to be called the lasting. In all actuality I deserve a more realistic name; Handsome doesn't seem to fit me either.
          A friend is something that not anyone essentially needs to survive. Indeed, I begin to wonder sometimes just how many I actually have. At this particular moment in time I seem to be under the impression that not very many people have truly been kind to this kid that already feels like he's been through hell.
          You shouldn't have to beg someone's approval... of anything, small or large. Yet the world and its network of social webs consisting of socialites that have an insatiable thirst for attention and other peoples' approval of themselves, seems to revolve around just that, begging. Don't be fooled, it's subtle, but people beg for attention every day with cloths, facebook statuses, makeup, the spoken word, etc. As a matter of fact, take this article for instance...  You could decide that this is just a silent plea for recognition and acceptance or even a call for attention and praise if that's what you think. I would hope however, that I could at least come off a little more "Anna" than that...
          I wish that people would for once take a step back. Just step out of their life and look at themselves. If you like the way you look desperately clinging to your phone, caking yourself with makeup, spending tons of your parents money on the newest cloths, desperately trying to get a compliment or an ounce of attention form someone else, then by all means continue doing what you're doing. But I can guarantee you that if you could see yourself from my eyes, or almost anyone else's you would choke on your own vanity...