Yes Or No?

Am I a YES person or

Am I a NO person?

What a conundrum with

Which to begin this session.

How does one answer that

And feel they are truthful?

How does one find the

Courage to learn the lesson?

The lesson of acceptance

That each of us can have

Within ourselves a

Yes side and a No side?

The Lesson of the harsh

Reality of a two-sided coin.

Sometimes the answer can

Bring shame, sometimes pride.

Naida Lavon

06-22-10

Write Around Portland Workshop Summer 2010

Prompt, after reading a poem by Muriel Rukeyser called Yes:

“Are you a yes person or a no person?

5 minute free write