Inequality through the first chapters

 reaching for the necklace 
the only connection the girl had to her mother
thrown into the world
to make it to the other side of school

those who would ridicule
Unknowing of the struggles
Some come to the race well fed
well groomed and overconfident

The girl had every flow against her
she got 30% of the way through
most of the others got to the other side
and invented excuses to explain away the discrepancy of treatment

Her struggle sculpted her in every fibre of her soul
the inner and the outer being the emotional and physical
The inner wit thread strong and taut
she had invisible enemies during each round

she reached for her necklace
Praying for the next evenful chapter of her life
even as the rest of them would scowl