My name is Insecurity
My middle name is Fear
The list of what you should not do
Or say begins right here.
Do not make me raise my head
And look you in the eye
There’s courage in that motion
And I do not want to try.
Don’t pat my hand and
Tell me that it all will be okay
I know about the world
And don’t believe a word you say.
Don’t tell me to speak up
Because you can’t hear what I’ve said
Maybe I don’t want those words
To get inside your head.
Do not tell me to smile
When to you I start to speak
I’ll smile when I want to
But your world is far too bleak.
Don’t tell me to “just do it”
And be friendly, loud, and kind
It’s harder than you know it,
This is my state of mind.
Don’t tell me to go try the things
That I don’t want to do
I’ll try just what I want to try
And quit what I want, too.
Do not poke fun at how I think
Or on the things I say
Who’s to say you’re way is better?
Your straight and narrow way?
Just leave me be and let me
Be the person that I can
My name is Insecurity
And that’s the way I am.
