*Why* am I invisible? *Why* I am I always on the outside looking in? *Why* don't I speak when I have so much to share? *Why?* I was a wallflower once and these thoughts were constantly in my head. I was afraid of what others might think of me, how they might not accept me. But I got so fed up with being left out, that I started thinking, 'So what if they don't accept me. That's their loss. I'm cool in my own unique way and I'm sick of being afraid of _&quot;what might be&quot;_.'.... It's been two years since I left the wall. I now have some of _the_ best friends in the world. And _all_ of us are &quot;different&quot;. What's so wrong with being different? *Why* don't I fit in? It's quite simple, I really don't want to... You now how some people say once you're something, you're always that thing? Well those people are wrong. *Why?* Because I am no longer a wallflower. *Why?* Because I know what it's like to be &quot;chained&quot; to a wall by your fears... I also know what it's like...to be FREE. 2008-06-12T06:31:11Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/23406 <p>this is very well portrayed as someone who has changed<br />things can be different and this conveyed that fact marvelously<br />some people dont see how much even the simplest of things can change</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/23406?basename=70186 2008-06-12T06:31:11Z DOGScare Me JK http://ficlets.com/authors/baldrick <p>&#8216;the wall&#8221; I like that you call it that. I too was an introvert shy and invisible.. finding ones voise and people willing to listen.. that&#8217;s the key to being an X wallflower.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/23406?basename=50471 2008-03-21T16:44:51Z SKermitgorf http://ficlets.com/authors/kermitgorf <p>I can really relate to this having always been somewhat of a wallflower myself. It was weird when I was a junior in high school because all the cool kids suddenly noticed how funny I was and they were like, &#8220;You&#8217;ve changed so much this year.&#8221; And my friends said, &#8220;He&#8217;s always been this way. You just never took time to see it.&#8221; There&#8217;s great freedom that comes when you let go of the what will they think of me chains! (PS sorry about the novel here).</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/23406?basename=48182 2008-03-13T19:33:27Z thebetweenspace http://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspace <p>Awesome I&#8217;m still trying to come to terms with my introvert ways, but I&#8217;m happy you&#8217;re no longer chained to the wall.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/23406?basename=45923 2008-03-06T18:17:56Z KasumiRose http://ficlets.com/authors/kasumirose