Challenge
Social Anxiety
I know most of you have seen my social anxiety poem so for all of you that relate write a poem about how having social anxiety, how it makes you feel, the damage it does to you, and how you act in social situations.
m i ll i o n s of eyes
all those eyes
surrounding,
piercing like knives.
but then again
it doesn't even matter
whether or not
i got an infant from work
with me, or two,
whether or not
i get the 'teen mom' stares
on top,
and then again
it doesn't even matter
whether or not
i got a male friend with me
whether or not
i get the 'she isn’t pretty enough
to be with a boy'
or even worse, the 'slut' stares
on top,
and then again
it doesn't even matter
whether or not
i hold my best friend
close to me,
whether or not
that gives me the 'lesbian' stares
on top,
because no matter
if happy or sad,
whether talking or not,
i feel a m i ll i o n
pairs of eyes
that i can't shut out
and then again
it doesn't even matter
whether
there are actual people
behind them
or not.