The Pretense

She is smiling—her tears out

She ignores—her fears shout

She is loving—her pain throughout 

She knows—her values count

she is feeling—her loneliness 

She kills—her own weaknesses

 She is studying—her ugliness

She respects—her womanliness

Society is judging—her affairs

The world is blaming her, for each who stares

Society is enjoying her tears 

The world hears everything she shares to double up whatever she bares 

She is unaware of what she never wants to be aware of

As she still fights to survive for her beloved.