“She seems to always get it To have become adept at empathy Always giving excuses for people who’ve aggrieved her To the point it’s hard for her to hit back when necessary All because she assumes she ‘understands’ Then, one day . . . She finally stands up for herself At that moment, she revels in the natural instinct of self-preservation She realises all this while the power she’s been withholding In a transcendent moment of epiphany It’s all beautiful ‘cause Now, she can get back to empathy with understanding, rather, than without.” UnderstandingEvolutionEmpathySelf AwarenessExcusesEvolutionary PsychologyEpiphanySelf PreservationUnderstanding OthersWithholdingStanding UpStanding Up For OneselfNatural InstinctsUnderstanding OneselfAggrieveEvolution Process Author:Ufuoma Apoki