Why is it?

That I am so shy?

Hide away

Precious moments pass by.

I see people

I'd like to know

Wait around for too long

For courage to grow.

It never does,

It never will

I never can

Go in for the kill.

I want to be confident

Want to be cool

Want to be liked,

Accepted at school.

Wasted time in the past

With so many guys

Time ticks away

While I feebly hide.

Only hurting myself

I should know what I'm doing

But it doesn't stop me

From moments I'm ruing.

I want to reinvent myself

Start off something new

A person not afraid to talk

Or not afraid to do.

It holds me back in my life

I really believe that's true

So many chances I have missed

But now what can I do?

I need to change, but I need help

I need the shyness gone

Then I can talk freely,

And with new friends I'll roam.

But what I'm doing now, for sure

Cringe, and run and hide

I have only one name for it:

Social suicide.