Photo by Brennen Bariso / North by Northwestern
Aren’t you afraid?
Of conformity?
Inadvertently.
Without even meaning to
be like everyone else.
But then, you see it–
your ideas, interests, passions,
mannerisms, quirks–
you see it in someone else.
And suddenly the fear is overwhelming.
The feeling
of becoming a mirror, just reflecting an image,
of your image slipping away.
Because who are you, alone?
Take away the variables,
strip down to the essential–
What is your core?
What is the source of your fire?
And what if it’s the same as everyone else’s?
Aren’t you afraid?