My Secret

To many, I seem fearless.

Unafraid.

Ballsy, even.

But let me tell you,

I have studied people, society, and human interaction for most of my short life,

And I have experienced it for all of my life.

I continue to study people: their behaviors, their reactions, their patterns, and motives,

And I will continue to do so for the rest of my life.

That being said,

I seem fearless

But because of what I learn every day about people,

And because I intimately know the negative potential stirring within me,

I am unequivocally,

Irrevocably

Terrified of humans.

I intentionally seem fearless,

I only play unconcerned,

But really, I know

And I am afraid

Of what we all can do, have done, and will do again.