True Me

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I am too shy
To ask for help.
Too shy
To tell you the answer.

So I hide,
Behind the outgoing exterior
That you think is me.

That laugh?
Fake,
Just like the smile I give to you
When I walk in the room.

You're worried?
I've heard that once before.
Lies,
Let me be — alone— in peace.

Myself?
Broken,
Like shattered glass,
Thanks to society,
Don't try to fit in.

My fear:
If I ask you
"What do you think
Of me?"
Your reply would be
"I don't."

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