Curse Or Not? you Are Strong! Poem by Gule Rukhsar

Put on a smile and dance through your pain
Be happy and deal with your misery
Not a word about the unending tears
No clue to be left of the scars that won't heal
No matter how suffocating the pain

'You are strong'

The long nights that won't ever end
A pain that transcends my mind, my reality
The nightmares that won't let me sleep
The thoughts that inhibit my being
No trace of it to be ever shown

'You are strong'

Don't let your eyes hint at your woes
Don't let your pain cloud your smile
Don't let the melancholy overcome your laugh
Don't let the anguish come through to the surface
Don't let your pain be a pain

'You are strong'

It's a compliment, they say!
We admire you, they continue!
Or is it a curse I am branded with?

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Being strong can sometimes become a burden. When everyone sees you as this person of strength, they just forget you are a human after all and sometimes just sometimes, you need that shoulder to cry on and someone to tell you 'It's okay! I am here for you.'