We Are Good Pretenders... Poem by Veeraiyah Subbulakshmi

You are a great pretender,
Want not to be frank and differ,
Sweet voice covers the bitter,
Muse and wits, still you grin with laughter.
I am a good pretender,
Hiding all my despair,
Smiling after every abandoned affair,
My heart and face vary in my failure.
We are great good pretenders,
All act like actresses and actors,
Feeling the hurting pain in secret,
Fascinatingly happy to greet our neighbors,
We are good pretenders,
Balancing the cord of everyday calendar,
Wearing the mask of Disney brokers,
Swim in the giant aquarium pitcher,
Posing the picture with every visitor,
No one knows that we are the pretenders.