I am a shy person, sometimes when I am in class or with my friends I feel like I'm too nervous to even say a word. It might be because of the fear of saying something stupid or the fact I don't like being the center of attention. Having all those eyes on me makes my palms feel sweaty and my face turn red. So when I found out about writing, I felt like I finally had a way to say what I was thinking and how I was feeling. I wrote this poem because I know there are other people who are shy like me, who find more comfort in writing their thoughts down and expressing themselves by a pen than by using their mouths and speaking words. So this is for all of us: Shy people!

Never been talkative

Never been vocal

Shyness is the main feature

Mouth closed, Eyes down

Fear of those vulture eyes

Locking on to my meek mouse voice

Thoughts and opinions

Locked up in a cage

With the key thrown far, far away

Duct tape around the mouth

Too full of anxiety to even

Attempt to rip it off

So instead of talking

I express through writing

As the pen becomes my mouthpiece

Breaking the cage

Letting my thoughts, my words

Flowing freely on paper