Pain Poem by Pushyami Vemulapalli

Many times I had to hide myself
Behind a feigned smile,
Be meek when I need to shout,
Pretend to be strong,
And fight with myself
Been patient for so long
Knowing the world I live in…
Is far from perfection and;
I came to know everything
In this world is fake,
Masked by lies.

My pain is real
And my heart's broken forever...
But this is how I mended to be
I don't want to hide anymore
This pain made me grow,
It made me know that
There is so much …
And sometimes…
Lessons in life are best
When learnt through ‘pain'.