Because I Am Different
I never knew about bullies until I started school,
and found out being different was a crime;
because I was part Ojibwe in a white world,
the name calling hurt my soul.
Staying by myself was my solution,
but the bullies would not be deterred;
I looked at the ground most of the time,
keeping the hurt deep inside.
As I aged bullying was part of my life,
but I learned to stand up for myself;
when I experienced it at work I just did my job,
and then it started on line with poetry soup.
I left poetry soup for a bit because of it,
deleted all my poetry for I felt unworthy to write;
but after pondering this problem in my life,
I decided to fight back, because a bully is a coward.
When at work someone said something mean,
I respond to them privately and that seemed to work;
returning to poetry soup, I decided to do the same,
because a bully wants attention and is probably hurting.
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November 2, 2020
Poetry/Verse/Because I Am Different
Copyright Protected, ID 11-1299-799-02
All Rights Reserved, 2020, Constance La France
Written for the Standard contest, Judged By A Jury Of Your Peers
sponsor, Mark Koplin, Judged 11/14/20
Third Place
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