Cafeteria Expectations.

by ALEX   Nov 6, 2007


Weigh me on the awkwardness scale.
When will confidence lift this teenage veil?
I stand alone in this cafeteria crowd.
Why can't I be like them? Why can't I be loud?

I'm too shy, with too-high expectations.
I don't know why, but I hide behind non-actions.
I'm too self-conscious for my own good.
You double-dared me, but you didn't think I would.
I'm too shy, and I fail your expectations.
My friends are all fed up with me and my non-actions.

In an empty cafeteria, I don't miss the crowds.
The insignificance of it all seems much too loud.

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  • 16 years ago

    by xxTaegan Emilyxx

    I didnt much like the "non-actions" repeat either, but if you canged that it would be a 5/5 rather then a 4/5. It was a really good poem.

    xx
    Taeagn Emily

  • 17 years ago

    by Cooper

    Stunning.
    First to lines, perfectly put. Last two lines, killer.
    The rest?
    Let's just say, you have talent.

  • 17 years ago

    by Lenny

    I like the message this promotes. Don't like the repetition of the word non-actions... First line is a stunner though. Great job.

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