Unseen Poem by Sally Heffer

If you look in my eyes you'll see a little girl
When you look at my smile, you'll see that nothings wrong.
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That is exactly what I want you to think
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When I look in my eyes, I see pain, sorrow and uncried tears
When I see my smile, I know it's fake
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So why is it that no one else sees it?
Why don't they see my pain, sorrow or the uncried tears, you ask
They don't see it because I hide it well.
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I hide the pain to protect the people I love
I hide the sorrow with my smile, it has become my mask
I cry the tears at night, in the dark
And I suffer in silence, a silence that is slowly destroying me