Fear of rejection

 

Been such a long time

Since I’ve been home

I feel like so long I was a mime

And now when I return

The girl they had seen but never heard

Might just say something out of turn

Astonished eyes

Will be fixated on me

I’ve begun to despise

This change I see

I hope they will accept

I hope they will be pleased

I know they will love me acccept

The parts that they hadn’t seen

Like my new found voice

Or thoughts

Or soul

I’m beginning to know

That the only parts of me

That can be seen

Is the body that I am held in

                                                   And the memories that will never leave