I shall remain.

If i never forget anything i wont forget "sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me", it is the biggest lie i have ever heard. As a child, i didn't think much of myself. I wasn't one of the "pretty girls". I was one of the guys, rough housing up and downs the streets of queens, skinned my knee a time or two, got beat up by the boys, horrid attire, corn rows and straight back pony tails, vasline, no lip gloss, the works. Why and I could never forget the name calling. I felt lower then life it self. I tried to reiterate in my own mind "sticks and stones, sticks and stones", somthing i didnt even believe myself but seem to soothe the wounds .It took me years to figure out, it didn't really matter what "they" said, or even thought, that i was my own person, i was living for noone but God and myself. After years of being broken, beaten' and battered, i rose triumphant. I shall remain.