Rag Tag Prompt: SHY

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You speak so softly,
people say to me
you must be shy!
You need to smile more,
it would make you look pretty
but I get it, they would laugh, you are shy.
When was the last time ( I was asked )
you just let loose
it’s too bad you don’t, wow, you must be really shy.
I wish I had the nerve to say
when I am asked to smile and bark and sit up on cue
I’m not shy
I just don’t like you.
Good point. The last time I was asked to smile, out of turn, it almost seemed okay. I was trying on glasses to choose a new pair. I put on a small smile that wasn’t a smile. I was, generally, sad — but had my appointment that day.