I'm quiet, so they make assumptions.
I'm alone, so they make assumptions.
I'm afraid, so they make assumptions.
I'm religious, so they make assumptions.
I'm different, so they make assumptions.
Should I take these assumptions personally?
Should I be hurt by these assumptions?
Should I look down upon myself from these assumptions?
Should I change how I am to match these assumptions?
The answer is no.
Yet my answer is yes.
Why?
Is it the way they see me?
They assume the unknown, because I am quiet,
Because I am alone,
Because I am afraid,
Because I am religious,
Because I am different.
I'm mysterious, so they make assumptions.
I'm unnatural, so they make assumptions.
I'm incomprehensible, so they make assumptions.
I'm different, so they make assumptions.
But I don't change.
I silently get hurt.
But I want change.
I cannot handle my emotions.
But I can't change.
That would ruin my reputation.
But I need change.
Then, I do change.
Not to adapt to their assumptions, to ignore them.
I will no longer think down upon myself.
I will no longer be hurt.
I will no longer care what they assume about me.
I won't change anymore.
- Matthew McCaskill, 2016
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