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Everyone has pegged me
as the quiet girl
but no one urges me to speak.

Maybe my shyness is a wall
to keep people away
who are intent on hurting me.

Maybe I avoid eye contact
so others will not see
my feelings.

What I wouldn't do
to escape this life;
this is not who I wanted to be.

I wish someone would wake up
the girl I always thought
I could become.