i is just one letter
but it's also fifteen years of
self-doubt
and forcing confidence into
the veins at
the very core of the word
and introducing myself
into a world of
******* goddamners
who think that 'societal anxiety'
is like a fear of socialists or something
and don't really care anyway
and take my
'hello, i am not afraid'
for granted
because
what kind of idiot
would ever be afraid of
a letter like
i