Me. People.

I come to recognize something.

Fear.

The fear of dealing with the unknown.
The fear of connecting with people.
The fear of facing failure.

Is it considered self defense?
That i draw myself away
to avoid people.

Holding my conversations
only on the surface,
i felt so shallow.

Maybe i find it hard
to just bare my heart
and speak out loud.

Or I'm afraid of hurt
that will come
if people know me too well.

I'm at a lost
when i deal with people
that i know not very well.

But right from the start
i never took the step
to know them well either.

It's a barrier within
that needs to be broken
by my sheer effort.