Why do I hide?

I’m scared to be seen.

I’m scared to be rejected.

I’m scared of being wrong.

Why do I hide?

I don’t want to disappear.

I want to love myself.

I need to be ok.

Why do I hide?

I have nothing to lose.

I have something to gain.

Them rejecting me isn’t really rejecting me.

They are seeing something that isn’t me.

They are seeing what they know.

They are seeing themselves.

Why do I hide?

I feel less than others.

I don’t think I’m worth it.

I’m worthy too.

Why do I hide?

Because I still want to be seen.

Because I do exist.

I peek around the corner rather than going into the closed room because I do exist.

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I peek around the corner

and flinch when you look

do you like what you see?

I want to like what I see

when I look in the mirror

But what I see is only what you see

So I hide.