I do indeed own fruits basket!

You didn't believe that did you? Good. Because I don't and if I did own fruits basket I'd be writing manga, not poetry. And it'd be in Japanese.

To put it in plain terms, I do not own fruits basket. ( - this is the true statement)

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Just a warning- this poetry probably stinks. So I won't be upset if you don't like it: review anyway.

Isolated

I'm so alone.

I'm so afraid to be myself,

To show who I really am.

I can be surrounded by people, and yet,

I'm isolated always.

Always….

I'm always pretending.

True, I'm kind,

But only so that others

Will like me.

I don't want to be a

Center of attention-

I want to hide.

I want to hide from everyone

The true me.

I don't believe anyone truly knows the true me.

No one ever will

I hide myself,

So I can't connect with anyone,

I'm always isolated.

Hiding…

I don't want to hide.

But is it not natural to do so…

When no one likes you?

If everyone laughs at all you say,

What's the point of speaking?

So, I stopped talking.

So sad I always am.

I don't talk to anyone.

I'm always isolated.

Something happened.

I'm still not comfortable around everyone,

But a small few, I can talk around.

I don't know why.

Perhaps it's just because,

I've found someone,

Who could see how

Insecure I truly am.

Perhaps it's because that person

Told me it's okay,

That I'm okay.

It's because one person helped me see,

There's something in me,

Not to be laughed at, something

That makes me worth being around.

Something that instead of

Making others reject me,

Makes them want to be around me.

Something that isn't there

Only because I hide.

And through that one person,

I've learned to talk more to others.

I'm not as isolated now,

I can see a light.

It's small and dim now,

But overtime,

It's getting better.

Someday I'll truly believe

That I'm okay.

I don't want to be isolated,

I have to try my best.

And not just get worse.