Ad Infinitum, Forever, For Ever and Ever

this story will be told and retold eternally, endlessly, ad infinitum, forever, for ever about school yard politics, or should I say school yard bullying it started for me in elementary school I was different in this public school of adolescent annoying, power hungry kids I was part Ojibwe, a girl very quiet and shy I was bullied, isolated, shunned it was irritating, exasperating, maddening my eyes were full of sadness for the sorrow I had been through already but the bullies did not care about any of that it took courage to be there I was made to feel small and I just wanted to be left alone each day I felt insignificant and of no importance in the school yard I was ridiculed, called awful names girls would walk behind me, giggling, whispering saying things like "she thinks she is an Indian Princess" or "look at her ugly clothes" (that was probably TRUE my cloths were second hand) the boys were even more obnoxious when I went to high school it was not much better I was cursed from day one but found a friend in a Cree boy we would sit talking about our culture and stuff for hours our heads together ignoring everyone else he gave me strength he said, I was beautiful inside and out and to never change to this day we remain friends anyways over one summer something happened to me my hips flared I suddenly had a SHAPE the bullies tried to abuse me but I refused to fall to chronic defeat and somehow I had grown some confidence and was able to just ignore them when a bothersome, troublesome, irksome girl called me an INDIAN PRINCESS I spun around long raven hair twirling and said "thank you". _________________________ March 27, 2017 Free Verse/ Copyright Protected, ID 887653 School Yard Politics Lewis Raynes First Place