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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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