Comfortable in my corner

A word this small shouldn’t feel so big.
It shouldn’t carry this much weight, but it does.
It often sticks around long after you allow yourself to say it out loud.
We fear it, wish we were never confronted with it. It feels like rejection –
like letting someone down.
Like choosing yourself and fearing what that makes you.
We try to soften it, bury it.
But “no” is not betrayal.
It’s a decision.
Because always saying yes to please,
is saying no to yourself. If it’s no – let it be no.
No echo. No excuse.