Yes…No; Maybe?

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es for your comfort — was something a younger me defaulted to, as protection from harm, to <a href="https://readmedium.com/to-fold-in-to-fit-in-or-to-be-you-and-belong-53fcef99644c">fit in</a> just enough to be safe, to get by.</p><h2 id="a373">No,</h2><p id="5056">I’m no longer like this, choosing instead to forge my own road, acknowledge my resilience, explore the uncharted.</p><h2 id="6fe6">Maybe,</h2><p id="18a8">others might wonder what suddenly <i>went wrong</i> with me but <b>maybe</b> those words and thoughts no longer hold any weight; <b>maybe</b> I’m focused instead on what more of the world there is to explore than to be

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weighed down by the invisible barriers that others place on me; those invisible barriers that are actually more about the limits criticizers place on themselves, than any of my decisions.</p><p id="6593"><a href="undefined">Lucy The Eggcademic (she/her)</a> is listening to Suzy Bae’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b34ri3-uxks">Yes No Maybe</a> as she writes this poem. Thank you to <a href="undefined">Melissa Bee</a>, <a href="undefined">Aimée Gramblin</a> and <a href="undefined">Shanna Loga</a> for this <a href="https://readmedium.com/are-you-a-yes-or-no-person-c3aa193ebe1a">Age of Empathy Prompt!</a>!</p></article></body>

Maybe,

others might wonder what suddenly went wrong with me but maybe those words and thoughts no longer hold any weight; maybe I’m focused instead on what more of the world there is to explore than to be weighed down by the invisible barriers that others place on me; those invisible barriers that are actually more about the limits criticizers place on themselves, than any of my decisions.

Yes…No; Maybe?

Age of Empathy Prompt #1: Are you a “yes” or “no” person?

Yes,

No,

Maybe,