An Endless Act

An Endless Act

By: Talya Langer

I wear the weight of the world well,

I don’t crumble, I don’t quit.

They whispered, fake it till you make it,

I took it one step further,

I lived it.

I smiled through the overwhelming urge to cry.

I lived when at times I wanted to die.

I hid the hurt behind my eyes.

It was all a front, a facade, a disguise.

Not every wound is meant to show,

not every scar lets the world know,

not every person portrays what is true,

I was broken, bruised, and moving through.

There wasn’t much that I could do,

“Because the people who you love depend on you”