mother dearest

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i'm not 'just shy'
every single problem
i face
is not down to
my anxiety

how can you
not see
that i am confident
i am better
than before
yet you still
say i am shy
at the first sign
of conflict

is shy the only trait
you can think of
to describe me?

have you really
paid so little attention
to me
that you can only
think of one
defining trait
that is not even
correct?

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