what was missing (quello che mancava)

E poi ho capito (and then I understood)
quello che mancava (what was missing)
al mio scrivere: (in my writing)
non era autentico (it was not authentic)
mancava di me. (it was missing me)
Mi nascondevo (I was hiding)
dietro alle parole (behind the words)
di una lingua (of a foreing well-known)
straniera e ben nota. (language)
Non ci mettevo (I did not)
il cuore.(put my heart into it)
Mi nascondevo. (I was hiding)
La paura (the fear)
di farmi (of let me)
vedere (see)
era lì (was there)
come sempre. (as always)