My Silence
-Maddy F.
Nine years,
Spent silently thinking
About everything and anything.
Best friends one day,
Alone the next,
Reading novels at age seven.
Getting kicked in the shin,
The basketball stolen,
And I can’t fight back.
I dare not speak a word.
Why can’t I?
What would happen if I did?
Slowly I make progress,
I can talk in private
With my friends.
Others come up to me,
Can I talk? They ask.
Of course I can, I think, and walk away.
I’m just shy,
My few friends think,
But there’s more to it than that.
Anxiety got the better of me.
I found out in seventh grade.
That’s why I went to a mental health clinic.
I’m fine now.
I still struggle in presentations,
And public speaking will never happen.
Those nine years,
Were a struggle, but I managed,
And I am who I am because of them.
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AN- I'm publishing this as its own "book", entitled "My Silence". I'm thinking of maybe writing a chapter about my experiences, as everything in this poem is actually true. Please let me know if you think I should! xx
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PoezieA poetry book with no specific theme. Filled with some of the poems that I've written! Cover by: sanfrancesa *Will add more poems as I write them :)
