Cinderblock Walks

In grammar school,
I had no friends. 
I was the classic scapegoat:
Overweight, oversmart, oversensitive. 
The chain-linked schoolyard was ringed
With an inner perimeter
Of cinderblocks. 
When the teasing became too much,
And the emotions too raw,
I would balance atop the cinderblocks
And circuit the schoolyard. 

Old habits die hard.
Feeling distressed,
I found myself 
Walking the perimeter 
Protecting the plants 
That grow in Metrotech. 
I thought,
"What am I doing?"
But then,
A small Voice 
Whispered in my spirit,
"I walked with you then.
I walk with you now.
Let Me still your soul.
Just walk with me."
And the stress of the day
Ever-so-slightly ebbed..