The Shadow Behind the Curtain
The Shadow Behind the Curtain
I guess I like to hide it
My secrets at the bottom of the pit
I don’t know why I like to hide
With my computer and pencils by my side.
I never want to draw attention
The things I hide is always mentioned
You see, I hide very common things
I write, I’m smart and I sing.
Only a few get to know the real me
Cause if I ever share my dream
I will be told words that bring me down
Negativity surrounds me and I’ll drown
I like to stay behind my curtain where there is no tare.
Like a shadow I will always be there
Just until the dark comes out
My true self will be able to shout
For you see the true me is never around
Like the roots of a plant they stay in the ground.
At one point I was the bloom
Showing my not knowing they would bring doom
The words I heard on that day
Were lame and stupid, but that’s all they would say
They brought me down into hiding
I shall never trust again I was deciding
Me, this little shadow hiding in the crowd
Myself I will never make proud
For if I ever come out from behind my curtain
Judging and bullying me I am certain.
For this curtain is what hides
My secrets I keep inside.
The only way I could show them off
If the negative comments were doffed.
For I am frightened of my classmates.
I can never show myself at this rate.
I’m happy behind this curtain as a shadow
Cause judgment is my foreshadow.
I need help if I want to show it.
Cause by myself I would quit.
I need my friends to pull me out of the ground
And for no one to put me down.
To pull back the curtain I hide behind
And bring me out of this shadow that is my mind.
For I am the shadow behind the curtain.
Someday the true me will appear that is for certain.