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// Tell Me Why (Fluttershy) 
// Story: Beneath the Mask- A Pony Poetry Compilation 
// by Strawberry Pegasus 
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Tell me why I turn away when you say hi,
Tell me why I feel like crying when your eyes meet mine.
Tell me why I do not speak,
Or tell you this face to face.
Tell me why I fly high alone,
But when I'm with you I lock in place.

Tell me why I feel so small,
Tell me why I can't speak at all.
Tell me why I feel so angry,
And help me if you like.
Tell me why I wrote this poem,
Please just tell me why.

Tell me why I cannot fly,
Tell me why I feel empty inside.
Tell me why I'm paralyzed,
Every time you speak.
Tell me why you fill me with fear,
But I speak freely to the creatures I keep.

Tell me why I back away when I want to see you,
Tell me why at night I tell myself I'll talk to you.
Tell me why late at night I think about you,
And abandon my plans at the break of day.
Tell me why I want to invite you for tea,
But shy away when I see your face.


Tell me why I am this way,
Tell me why I so perfectly fit my name.
Tell me why destiny is so cruel to me,
Some strange cosmic being that owns the sky?
Tell me why my mother named me so perfectly,
Plain and simple, Fluttershy.