In Extroversion

Introvert (n): tend to be preoccupied with their own thoughts and feelings and minimize their contact with other people

I have lost that sense of who I was

That I gained not long ago

And it is in part by coming here

I began to question what I know

What do I want? and why am I here?

And why is it working out somehow

That so much of the time that I have 

Is spent living in the here and now?

It's more common for me to dwell often on dreams

Of the future, of fiction, of the past

And forget to live in the present, it seems

But now the dreams come last

I find myself in the company of friends

More often every day

And I am less exhausted by human company

Than I ever thought I'd say

Is that extroversion? am I losing my touch?

Is who I am undergoing a change?

I don't believe so, and in fact time will show

I'm actually alone all the same

I spend time "alone" even in a crowd

In classes and labs and lectures

So I still get my energy from being with just me

And not being under any social pressures

But when I spend time that I most enjoy

In the company of others besides me

I find that in smaller groups I feel quite content

And as far as expression, it's free

So extrovert? No, but I am content

In the company of a few I trust

And the time spent with them is far less than it seems

So nothing of me has been lost

PAD Day 1