Launchorasince 2014
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Talking

It felt rushed and i wasn't ready then

I had to say the first thing that came to my mind

They said there was no right or wrong answer and yet the things i said, they were mistakes

Can you feel my heart?

It beats too quickly, not in excitement but in fear

Why was it so hard?

Everyone could do it and yet i couldn't

Was I designed like this?

I could hear everyone else talking

They don't care about what I say

And maybe that's why I'm so frightened
Maybe thats where I get my lack in confidence

I listen but they don't

They talk knowing I am

They shut their ears to the sound of my voice

And for a while, it hurts

Why can't they just listen?

At the end, I sit with all the thoughts going through my mind.

How I could have said the right words

How I could have not cared about them

And yet i did