Brave Face

On the outside, I may be smiling,

On the inside, the struggle you'll never get to know,

Regardless of how inexplicably hard it is to hide,

The feelings such sustained I'll seldomly show.

It may happen that nostalgia hits us hard, that I hope it does,

It may happen that we cross paths again, that I hope we do,

It may happen that all our commemorations come alive, that I know we will experience,

However, it is also certain that I'll not be the one who you once knew.

What may have entrenched in the days gone by,

Doesn't always transpire the time in the future that we seize,

Though it is difficult to part from my humanly soul,

I'll walk through my fated path with one impeccable ease.

The atrocities I'll pen, for I only have gratefulness to offer,

I'll let you be untroubled as there's nothing to me that you owe,

On the outside, I may be smiling,

On the inside, the struggle you'll never get to know.