How dare I?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
How dare I feel the need<\/p>\n
To be loved by the world:<\/p>\n
Lessened in my attraction<\/p>\n
For subsequent meaning?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
How dare I exist<\/p>\n
With such the same distress<\/p>\n
Towards both matters<\/p>\n
Of my perception?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Am I to judge myself<\/p>\n
Along with the world,<\/p>\n
Determine my worth<\/p>\n
From the quality of<\/p>\n
The visage I have made<\/p>\n
To hide myself from<\/p>\n
Their scorn?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Or rather,<\/p>\n
From their indifference?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Would I value someone<\/p>\n
Alone on the hope<\/p>\n
They see in me<\/p>\n
Some quality which deigns respect?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Should respect not be the right<\/p>\n
Of all people?<\/p>\n
Should not an acknowledgement<\/p>\n
That we take up space on this planet?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
How dare You.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
For making us feel these things,<\/p>\n
You for the forced laughs<\/p>\n
You for the self-sacrificing level of our kindness<\/p>\n
You for the thoughts we are worth less<\/p>\n
You for the belief we must be impressive<\/p>\n
You for the fear of being alone<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
You for the shame over our own bodies<\/p>\n
You for the need to dream of when things are different.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I finally blame<\/p>\n
You<\/p>\n
For making me feel like I am worthy of criticism<\/p>\n
for falling into the traps<\/p>\n
You<\/p>\n
have built<\/p>\n
For us.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
How dare<\/p>\n
You.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tessa Renken How dare I? How dare I feel the need To be loved by the world: Lessened in my attraction For subsequent meaning? How dare I exist With such the same distress Towards both matters Of my perception? Am I to judge myself Along with the world, Determine my worth From the quality of The visage I have made To hide myself from Their scorn? Or rather, From their indifference? Would I value someone Alone on the hope They see in me Some quality which deigns respect? Should respect not be the right…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"parent":32,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-538","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":543,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/538\/revisions\/543"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}