Bully- Power
What did I do to deserve this? In what way does me coming to school each day- frustrate you? You know, I used to love coming to school. Love coming to school to learn and make my parents proud. But as you abuse me, I lose myself. I lose myself & my vision of hope, my self- esteem is dropping dramatically with my grades. So now I'm disappointing my parents, disappointing my teachers, disappoint ing my family and most importantly myself because each day I walk into this school building I let you harass me. Each day I walk into this school building, I let you disrespect me and belittle me. Why are you so angry ? If you angry, we have counselors here to help you talk about it and. Let it out, but you choose to use me as your personal stress ball. A stress ball that you squeeze with all of your strength to let your frustration out. But as you squeeze and squeeze, you are actually stretching my patience like a rubber band. So like a rubber band, when you stretch and stretch it eventually breaks, And as it breaks I will break out of this state of silence, I break out of this attitude of sympathy and cowardliness and I will no longer let you degrade me. I will no longer let you use me. I will no longer let you put stress on me just to release stress from yourself. I know I can do right and grow from this experience. So as you think I'm weak, you don't see the process. The process of each time you push me down I will stand back up and come back stronger than ever. Come back and show that I can be better than you. Come back and show that I can overpower you- overcome you for that matter. While you think that I am small, I am saying in my head "I am powerful, I am powerful, I am powerful." Just know that you are powerful & don't let anyone take that away from you.
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