Please pay no attention to that girl behind the curtain.

Of all my great uncertainties, one thing is for certain:

I do not want yor pity or your pleasure at my plight;

For all you'll do is smile as you tell me it's all right.

For you I will pretend that I have everything together,

While really, on the inside, I am floating like a feather -

Searching for a place to land, to find where I belong;

Yet every move I try to make is calculated wrong.

Why does it come so easily to everyone I know?

Why do I see perfection almost everywhere I go?

Expectations swirl around me like a violent hurricane;

I long to tear the veil away and face the beating rain.

Bu I do not want your pity, so my feelings will stay hidden.

I only let them surface when I need to, and they're bidden,

In the comfort of my room, where privacy is certain;

So please don't pay attention to that girl behind the curtain.