When Nobody's Watching Poem by Maya Reid

When nobody’s watching
I let myself make a mistake
They blink
And I stumble
When their backs are turned
A tear rolls down my cheek
They don’t know how hard it is
To be me

Even geniuses have to mess up sometimes
Sometimes even a star doesn’t want to twinkle in the sky
What if the sun doesn’t feel like rising today?
Somebody please tell me, is that okay?

Because every crystal can’t be flawless
Just like the summer eventually fades away
They go to sleep in their comfy little beds
And I let myself break down
But only when nobody’s watching
Only when they blink
Or their backs are turned

What would an extraordinary girl give
If, for one day, she could just be extra ordinary
Sometimes the people on top would give it all away
If only they could crawl, walk, run, fly away

Away from all this
From everyone’s expectations
And salutations
Just disappear into the crowd
But I can only disappear when nobody’s watching
When they blink
Or their backs are turned.