Sitting nowhere but the corners,
reading books, drawing faces;
walked only with one or two,
a favored time when I was shy.
A heart thickens, skin roughs;
smile I must for names multiply,
to be kind I must, to please I must,
that time when I've been noticed.
Melanie Agua
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-i-was-shy/
