to social anxiety,
what do you gain from whispering in my ear and tugging at the back of my mind?
i want to be free of you. i want to break up.
we're breaking up.
i'm saying it now before summer ends and you come chasing after me when i go to college. i'm sure we'll meet again, although our reunion won't be filled with laughter but of tears and phone calls home.
please let me be the first one to speak and not to listen, for if i hear your words, i'm not sure if i'll be able to speak a sound.
you laughed and pointed at me when i presented, you whispered whenever i sat alone at lunch, you mimicked anytime i stuttered.
we've been together all our lives, but now it is time to part ways.
goodbye social anxiety
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