SOLSC '21 Day Nineteen: Constant refuge

I am participating in my ninth Slice of Life Story Challenge run by the team behind the Two Writing Teachers website.  We are challenged to write a blog post a day throughout the month of March.

Fran Haley wrote a pantoum poem about a childhood memory in her Slice "Reading" .  I could empathize with her second grade self, and was intrigued by the poetic form...here's my attempt at pantoum.

Seven schools in thirteen years
I wear new kid armor
Not really fitting in
The library is my refuge.

I wear new kid armor
Head down, but hand raised
The library is my refuge
Books don't judge the way children do.

Head down, but hand raised
Assignments finished quickly, accurately
Books don't judge the way children do
Favored stories a constant when the continent changes.

Assignments finished quickly, accurately
Not really fitting in
Favored stories a constant when the continent changes
Seven schools in thirteen years.

Note from Fran's Slice: A pantoum doesn’t have to rhyme. It is a form comprised of repeating lines in this pattern:

1. Begin by writing four original lines.
   1 2 3 4
2. REPEAT lines 2 and 4 and expand ideas in lines 5 and 6:
   2 5 4 6
3. REPEAT lines 5 and 6, expand ideas in lines 7 and 8:
   5 7 6 8
4. FINALLY, repeat lines 1, 3, 7 and 8 in the following order:
   7 3 8 1