"Learning to Fake It" (for Stacey, who taught me about "fake it until you make it")

So when you just want

To panic or scream

To run away or to die

Because you’re so bloody terrified



Because for some of us

That happens almost all of the time

In every day situations

Such as standing in the queue

At Tesco Express

Or sitting in a chair

At the hairdressers

Or answering phone calls

Especially ones from "The Family"



So what you do

All you do

You pretend

You think

What would I do here

If I was confident

How would I act

What would I say

How would I be

Come across



You fake it

Until you make it



You learn to pretend



And sometimes it doesn’t work

And sometimes it does

And sometimes it helps a little



So it isn’t a perfect solution

But sometimes it works