Dear Confidence,

You drive me insane!
You're never there when I need you
And over-the-top when I don't!
Why aren't you there
When I need the nerve
To tell my friend to stop being such a show-off?
You always come out of nowhere
And force
Me into doing something
Really embarrassing
And
Remember that time when you made me tell
That terrible secret about myself
To my friend!
I don't want you to leave
But PLEASE have better timing
About when I need you
And when I don't
And stop making my friends think
I'm weird or shy.

Mathilda - (4th grade)