Confidence
I am a wanderer taking shelter from the downpour
People are huddled together by the fire, trying to stay warm
We are listening to stories from other travelers as the rain patters outside
I wonder as I listen
How people can have so much courage
So much confidence
Yet I have hardly any
Why can’t I be confident in myself?
I wonder why I stay silent when I know something but don’t say it
I am silently worrying I don’t know anything at all
I wonder why I worry about asking questions
I am silently worrying what everyone will think of me
Why can’t I be confident in myself?
I feel like a Tortoise hiding in its shell
Trying not to be noticed
While the Hare is showing off
Trying to be noticed
Why can’t I be confident in myself?
Why do I shy away from the crowd?
Why do I stay silent around others?
Why can't I be confident in myself?
I am drowning in my thoughts
An ocean of waves is crashing over me
Telling me I will never improve at anything
The waves tower above me
I try to swim away but I can’t
The waves keep pulling me back
Pulling me under the water
The shore seems so far away
How will I ever get back?
I hear something
I am jolted back into the story, a traveler states,
“A sword wields no strength unless the hand that holds it has courage”