Shy People

I stand up, 

I stand up for those people that are known as shy people.

Why do you need to criticize us, judge us, when you should try one day to be like us, 

like when we need to pretend that we are like you. 

We need to pretend to be someone that we are not, 

is that fair? 

We are also sentimental, 

we feel; we are not a rock. 

For us, silence is loud, and we can hear it. 

Being a quiet person, let us hear everything,

we can hear tears, smiles, eyes closed, happiness, sadness. 

We are able to hear the things you only look at and feel. 

Quiet people are crazy, and our imagination works best when we don't have to speak, 

so let us be quiet, please. 

Quiet people also have good and interesting ideas

but is hard for us to say them. 

When a teacher tells us to speak, 

our brain stops and collapses, and like a ghost, our ideas disappear. 

I stand up, 

I stand up for those people that are known as quiet individuals, those people that are judged because they don't talk a lot,

those people that are quiet wherever they go. 

You probably don't understand, 

but when a teacher tells us to speak during a discussion 

we feel like rats, 

near a snake, 

waiting to die, but that's just the way we are, and that's fine. 

I stand up, 

I stand up for those people that rather walk away to avoid any debate, 

those people that like a sluggish bear, walk slowly, 

and sit alone; 

in the middle of nothing, thinking about (why we were born in this way?). 

You need to understand that we are not "antisocial people",

we like people of all backgrounds, 

no matter color, religion, gender, social class, culture, 

physical appearance, no matter where you were born, doesn't even matter if you like to talk a lot. 

So, stop judging us, and let us live in our own little world

because, in our own little world, we are fine. 

Now, 

let the voice of a quiet person be heard

because we listen. 

We listen until our ears like the volcano lava starts getting hotter, 

like the food inside a microwave, 

like a shooting star getting near the sun. 

And after that, is when the explosion comes, 

when our voice, 

the voice of a quiet person, is heard.