https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2022/07/29/three-things-challenge-m39/
Prompt words: wary, aloof, shy
She was always shy
More than that, wary
And with good reason
All of it secret…
Because she was odd—eyes
Down as if to make herself
Invisible—everybody thought
Her stuck-up, snobby, snooty
Aloof…but she wasn’t, she
Simply didn’t fit anywhere
Was well aware of it…
Some 50 years later she
Wondered why people made
Superficial judgments—
Why hadn’t anyone asked
If she believed herself
Better than everyone?
But would she have had
Courage to speak the truth:
“No, I don’t…I’m just scared.”
©Leyde Ryan, 2022 ~ All rights reserved.
Hourglass Poetry 
This is heartbreaking.
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Thank you. And I’m Following you again, catching up with the great prompts you offer–ones I missed in transitioning to new blog. Take good care of YOU.
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Thanks for joining me!
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Your prompts are really good!
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Thank you!
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My pleasure!
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