What is the shame? To be afraid to lose,
To try to look a little stupid or naive?
To fail exam, to fake success,
Or trying to look happy when inside you bleed?
Is it a shame to be straightforward or when you act not so good
In others' eyes? And why to bother what they think?
Is it a shame to be illiterate, ignorant,
To look much better and to live to please?
Shame is rejection of yourself,
Shame is the fear of being rejected.
Shame shows how you hate your inner self,
And trying to be good for the world that doesn't really care!
August20, 2020
Annie Moonlight