To him 'tis such an effort just to walk along the street <br />Shackled by his inhibitions people he doesn't wish to meet <br />Not a community type of person his band of friends doesn't grow <br />He just keeps to himself mostly and new people does not wish to meet or know. <br /> <br />Not diagnosed as one with a phobia such a term to him does not apply <br />A gentle and quietly spoken fellow must be hard to feel so shy <br />His like never in the limelight himself he cannot promote <br />He'll always be an outsider never seen as one of note. <br /> <br />For to become part of a social group such thoughts he doesn't entertain <br />As a person of the social fringe he is happy to remain <br />He's happy with his own company drinks on his own in the pub <br />He will always be a loner never part of any club. <br /> <br />A shy and single man in his mid thirties as a shy and single man he will grow old <br />But those who know him better say he has a heart of gold <br />That he is not self centred he would help one if he could <br />He is quite a decent person and in him there is so much good.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-shy-and-single-man/
