Insecure

27/09/2020 –  Poem a Day Compilation



She smiled but she tried to hide it.

It drew attention to her.

Attention she didn’t want.

Attention that made her feel uneasy.



She smiled, but fleetingly,

As if it might draw someone’s eye

And they might see her,

The her she didn’t want people to see.



She smiled though it pained her.

She feared the stares that followed.

They didn’t mean to do it.

They couldn’t help themselves.



She smiled through the awkwardness

Because people only saw the outside,

The scars that were surface deep,

The scars made others uncomfortable.



She smiled despite the insecurity.

It wasn’t those scars that bothered her.

It was the scars on the inside

That people would inevitably see.