No one really understands an introvert

I push away my thoughts to avoid being hurt

I don’t feel safe here, so I always stay alert

With my eyes wide open and dried tears on my shirt

No one understands because no one ever asks

And even when they do, their empathy never lasts

I just sit around and constantly overthink my past

Feeling my concentration break like shards of glass

It won’t be long until my daydreaming finally crashes

And realization of my dismay starts rising from the ashes

I’m so behind, I can’t even ask “What happened?”

I listen to car horns in the distance and watch as a light flashes

“Am I seeing things? Am I hallucinating”

I must being going crazy, my breathing is elevating

I start to slow my breathing but I’m having trouble concentrating

I zone back in as if I was just levitating

I’m understanding what is happening now

I look at my blank paper and begin to frown

I’ve been sitting here staring into space the whole time

Not an ounce of concentration stayed in my mind.