it’s ok to call yourself a symbol; Prince did it.

“You’re more than just neither, honey. There’s other ways to be than either-or. It’s not so simple. Otherwise there wouldn’t be so many people who don’t fit.” 
― Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues

We have all these signs for things: STOP. YIELD. DEER CROSSING. SCHOOL ZONE.

Sometimes we can find shapes and words that make sense for our selves and sometimes we must create our own symbols to speak out. There may not be a designation of sound for these lines. How to pronounce a slash or a question mark or a semi-colon. What matters most is the freedom to take on these formations. One does not have to choose what has been assigned. There is power in pausing, questioning and deciding for oneself what fits.