Poetry: Shy - by Beth Dobbs

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by Beth Dobbs

Created on: July 14, 2008

"Me"

I've never yearned
To be in the limelight,
To share my life
With a flock of admirers
Who know only my name
And not me.
I've never wanted
To be loved by someone
Who wants me for my beauty,
Who loves my looks,
But not me.
Yet here I sit,
Pouring out my thoughts
In the hope that you
Will know me.

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Poetry: Shy

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by Yashim Bayacham

GOOSE PIMPLED.
It was not the satire in my eyes
nor the embarrassment in my stride.
I felt like an all too well knotted tie,
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by Jennifer Barraud

THAT 2 LETTER WORD
I do not say "hi"
I am afraid
I am shy
I do not know why
Then I think, this is why I'm here
To talk and say
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by Esther Mills

My alter ego sheds me

in a pulse-filled car,

drenching me in senses;

I pretend I am my age,

a huntress

whose world is
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by Asia Smyth

Cursed
If words could flow from my unfurling tongue
as freely and easily as they stream down
my arm, wrist and fingertips,
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by Bianca Lopez

You fake a smile to get past the,
"What's wrong?"
The "Want to talk?"
And the long lectures you've heard
a million

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