My Skin Finally Fits! Poem by Mary Nagy

The professor looked around
happily commenting on all the extroverts
in our class this semester.
She was looking at me!
ME! ?
Did she just call me
an.....extrovert? ?
No...I'm shy!
Really!
I've been shy all my life!
I'm known for my shyness
my inability to function well in groups!
I don't talk to strangers!
(She must have me confused
with somebody else.)

I started asking my family members...
do you think I'm shy?
They laughed!
Yeah, you're real shy!
''You're one of the shyest people I know! ''
They walk away...
shaking their head...still laughing.

Then, it hit me
(like a ton of bricks!)
I'm NOT shy!
HEY! I'M NOT SHY!
I don't get nervous when I enter
a classroom full of people I don't know.
I don't mind speaking in front of people.
I will initiate conversations with strangers.
I talk to people.
I talk ALOT!

When the heck did this happen?
I don't know........
But, I LIKE IT!

I'm finally comfortable in my own skin.