Cocoon boy
he doesn't talk in school
he has no friends
the other kids call him weird
they don't know
why he won’t talk
but how can he explain
his insecurities
his fear?
he whispers
to his teacher
but he goes home and talks and
he goes to a therapist and talks
where he made
a model
of him
a cocoon with a doll inside
saying everyone is in a cocoon
everyone hides
he leaves the therapist
the next girl comes in
she looks at the cocoon
thinks for a minute then says
"whoever made that has a secret
i have a secret
would you like to hear?"
she figured out
that cocoon boy had a secret
she felt safe enough
to talk about her secret
to confront it
from just ten tissues around a doll
her secret is
she was abused
cocoon boy’s secret is
he has social anxiety and panic disorder
we all have secrets
but our secrets dont make us
the girl who was abused
she grew up to be
one of the most loved and famous women of all time
cocoon boy
he will grow up to be
an artist and unafraid
one more secret about
the girl who was abused
she's Marilyn Monroe
and cocoon boy
he's a secret
we all have them
its how you choose
to deal with them
that defines you
not the secret
let it go.
let your secret go it is not you
