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Shy

Shy of condition Shyness afflicted Shy opaque canvas butterfly Who only speaks when addressed Oh shy , Oh shy Opaque butterfly Who only speaks when addressed Converses only in chilling whispers shyness permitting Corner to corner when in a room searching camouflage in which to shelter cloak invisibility Personable , polite , contrite yet sadly lacking personality Apart from shyness to call on as a solent friend and crutch to lean upon So shy and friendless butterfly has no one but himself to pacify his mental health On the outside but still a bystander fenced in by wall's built out of social convention barricade stone's Alone is shy with untapped depth bound and blighted by crippling stage fright For fear of letting one's presence be known and felt in company But no less worthy of being heard than those who crave and hogg the limelight for themselves Who are probably no less or even more insecure than the terminal shy Both suffer from the same personality condition just express themselves in different or their own way Shy , eccentric , exhibitionist two sides of the same coin Unable to express oneself for fear of being torn apart for being different In a world shepherded by sheep where everyone aspires to be a lookalike Everyone eventually ends up looking like mutton dressed up in lamb's designer wool With the wool pulled firmly over our eye's

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Date: 11/28/2020 7:18:00 AM
To be original and be yourself and to encompass your own norms and values is awesome, who wants to follow like a sheep, be who you are and be proud of who you are. Well penned Christopher, stay safe my friend. Blessings and hugs, Jennifer.
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Christopher Flaherty
Date: 11/28/2020 7:27:00 PM
Cheers Jen Hugs and blessings back yo you my fiend so obliged and appreciated every time you stop read and taje the time to post a comment Mev
Date: 11/28/2020 5:03:00 AM
People will suffer differently, even when the same condition, mental health is a difficult thing and even more difficult for those who do not suffer from it, to understand it...
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Christopher Flaherty
Date: 11/28/2020 7:24:00 PM
If you don't suffer S.O its hard to relate and like you say even if you suffer from the same condition symptom manifest themselves different in each individual
Date: 11/27/2020 5:41:00 PM
Christopher, I always valued originality, even when I was considered strange back in my youthful days, lol, Lovely write , hope all is well, missed your poetry, glad I got to read it again,
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Christopher Flaherty
Date: 11/27/2020 5:49:00 PM
Cheers Pixie.D Original is only strange to those who follow because they cannot lead Thank you for such a wonderful comment likewise hope you are well

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