Suffering

Tears fall off

From the eyes

Of the strong.

The deep rivers

Of their hearts

Are overflowing

With agony and sadness.

Their souls are lonely

Like the lingering

Of the dead.

They are never at peace

Convincing themselves that

The world owes them.

They are strong

Yet lonely.

Walls of their strength

Curve in on them

Forming a barrier

Between them and the world

They see it through windows

They cannot experience freedom

And the greatness

Of the world around

They are confined

By the walls

Of their strength