Are not asked by people
That don’t care.
Nor are they evidence
That you don’t belong
And they do not have to be interpreted
As attacks on your identity.
Hard questions
Are proof that you are surrounded
By people that care too much
To see you suck
And who have tied their success
To your own,
Who have eyes to see
Who you really are
When your own perspectives
Lead you astray.
Don’t run from the hard questions-
Sit with them.