The Shadow Behind the Curtain

 

I guess I like to hide it

My secrets at the bottom of the pit

I don’t know why I like to hide

With my computer and pencils by my side.

I never want to draw attention

The things I hide is always mentioned

You see, I hide very common things

I write, I’m smart and I sing.

Only a few get to know the real me

Cause if I ever share my dream

I will be told words that bring me down

Negativity surrounds me and I’ll drown

I like to stay behind my curtain where there is no tare.

Like a shadow I will always be there

Just until the dark comes out

My true self will be able to shout

For you see the true me is never around

Like the roots of a plant they stay in the ground.

At one point I was the bloom

Showing my not knowing they would bring doom

The words I heard on that day

Were lame and stupid, but that’s all they would say

They brought me down into hiding

I shall never trust again I was deciding

Me, this little shadow hiding in the crowd

Myself I will never make proud

For if I ever come out from behind my curtain

Judging and bullying me I am certain.

For this curtain is what hides

My secrets I keep inside.

The only way I could show them off

If the negative comments were doffed.

For I am frightened of my classmates.

I can never show myself at this rate.

I’m happy behind this curtain as a shadow

Cause judgment is my foreshadow.

I need help if I want to show it.

Cause by myself I would quit.

I need my friends to pull me out of the ground

And for no one to put me down.

To pull back the curtain I hide behind

And bring me out of this shadow that is my mind.

For I am the shadow behind the curtain.

Someday the true me will appear that is for certain.