Hiding personalities

As I walk through the halls
Passing each and every person
I wonder what they're thinking about
And how they're feeling
And what it would be like
To be them.
To be in their mind, shoes, and body
To be competing in every struggle or
Feeling every heartbreak and
How that reflects their everyday lives.
People are judgmental.
This is what I have concluded
From every move somebody makes,
From every twitching eyebrow,
And from every word that wasn't spoken
But wanted to be.
People aren't courteous.
This is what I have concluded
From every hello that was rejected,
From every fail that was never given encouragement,
And from every minute spent on themselves
And not somebody else.
People aren't who they say they are.
This is what I have concluded
From every thought that was never put into action,
From every laugh that wanted to be a cry,
And from every lie that ever led to another.
People hide themselves everyday
Because they're afraid of who they are
Afraid of who will judge them or
Frighten them or
Get in their way.
From the facial expressions we make
To the words that come out of our mouths
It affects somebody,
In a positive or negative way.

-ES