The Darker Side of Poetry
MUTED SHYNESS
I TRY TO HIDE THESE TREMORING HANDS AND TAPPING FEET
MY RACING HEART AND SHALLOW BREATH ARE EASIER TO DISGUISE
CONTRADICTING MIND, THOUGHTS ACCELERATE YET NO WORDS MAKE SOUND,
JUST AN OUTER SHELL MUTED BY THIS CURSE
AN EXTRAVERT INSIDE OF ME WHICH DOES'NT ALLOW THE WORLD TO SEE
JUDGEMENTAL FEELINGS, AM I WEAK?
EVERY THOUGHT TO SPEAK OVERWHELMS ME,
EACH SENTENCE AND WORD COMBINE THEY MIX AND FORM TO ONE
A SENSELESS MOULD OF COMPREHENSION WHICH APPEARS AND THEN ITS GONE
FEAR OF EMBARESSMENT AND REJECTION IS NOW A RULE, A BELIEF IMPRINTED IN MY SOUL
LOOKED UPON WITH FEAR, AGGRESSION OR PITY
IT'S HOLDING HIM BACK I HEAR THEM SAY, BELIEVING I AM NOT SEEN AS I AM NOT HEARD
FURIOUS THAT THEY SAY THESE THINGS, IT ONLY MAKES IT WORSE
GIVEN TIME AND NO ISSUE MADE, I WILL SHOW YOU WHO I AM
FOR I AM, I'M ME
MY RACING HEART AND SHALLOW BREATH ARE EASIER TO DISGUISE
CONTRADICTING MIND, THOUGHTS ACCELERATE YET NO WORDS MAKE SOUND,
JUST AN OUTER SHELL MUTED BY THIS CURSE
AN EXTRAVERT INSIDE OF ME WHICH DOES'NT ALLOW THE WORLD TO SEE
JUDGEMENTAL FEELINGS, AM I WEAK?
EVERY THOUGHT TO SPEAK OVERWHELMS ME,
EACH SENTENCE AND WORD COMBINE THEY MIX AND FORM TO ONE
A SENSELESS MOULD OF COMPREHENSION WHICH APPEARS AND THEN ITS GONE
FEAR OF EMBARESSMENT AND REJECTION IS NOW A RULE, A BELIEF IMPRINTED IN MY SOUL
LOOKED UPON WITH FEAR, AGGRESSION OR PITY
IT'S HOLDING HIM BACK I HEAR THEM SAY, BELIEVING I AM NOT SEEN AS I AM NOT HEARD
FURIOUS THAT THEY SAY THESE THINGS, IT ONLY MAKES IT WORSE
GIVEN TIME AND NO ISSUE MADE, I WILL SHOW YOU WHO I AM
FOR I AM, I'M ME
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MUTED SHYNESS
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