Lonely in my room, too afraid
to speak,
I know they will laugh,
At everything I say.

Give me a reason, to be myself,
They won't like who I am,
I don't, why should they.

Incapacitated by my fear,
Fear of rejection & humiliation,
Fear of the endless possibility that maybe, just maybe, 
They will have one bad thought about me.

Panic sets in,
Faced with the prospect
Of living a life, 
Forever, Alone.