The Cost To Conform

A Poem

Rebeca Ansar
Nov 3 · 1 min read

conform

the word sits like an unwelcome
squatter inside the home on my tongue

if I retract the promise made to self
to move unrelentingly henceforth

if I step back to avoid offense
in someone else’s mind

Rebeca Ansar

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B.A. South Asian Studies| B.A. Cognitive Science| Exploring the human condition through writing | Hyphenated American |Intersectional Feminist | rebecaansar.com

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