Self Consciousness
from my published anthology, Ornamental Expressions: The Yellow Butterfly, published by Pegasus.
At a Glance
- • A short rhymed poem arguing that self-consciousness is a kind of disease of youth, and that its cure is noticing how little other people are watching.
- • Author: Shafin Rahman
- • Form: Rhymed couplets, single stanza
- • Collection: Ornamental Expressions: The Yellow Butterfly (Pegasus)
- • Theme: Self-consciousness and the imagined audience
Self consciousness
One may term it a disease
It may start while yet young
And make one displeased
With their looks and how they feel
They’ll think they don’t appeal
Though their very wrong
It seems very real
Some get over it as time goes by
Yet some don’t, on others they rely
Do you not see that people don’t care?
Their more concerned about their own welfare
So next time you go out be light in mind
You have your own life to Live, am I not right?
About Shafin Rahman
Shafin Rahman is a poet, published in Tales From A Harrogate Caravan's poetry section.
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