Scared Soul


People say she never cries

They say,

She's weird

That she's too quiet

People say she doesn't care

She's a snob

That she's cold.

If they knew her as I do

They wouldn't say that

People never see her cry

Because she cries inside

She's quiet

Because she's quite shy

If they had lived life as she has

They'd be a little leary too

She's too sensitive

To let people see she's hurting

They might laugh at her

Tell her she's being a Fool

She won't voice her feelings,

Her opinions

She's afraid of rejection

She can't go on like this forever

She'll die

Just because she was afraid

To be herself


Poem by Geri



©copyright 2000 by Geri Hambrock



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