Wearing a mask

Permanently etched with a smile.

Never taking it off

For days at a time.

Holding back all my feelings

Gallons at a time.

Drowning in them all

Melancholy at a time.

Asked how I'm doing

Feeling just fine.

Beneath it all

Shaking and crying.

Always the same questions

Why so sad?

Instead of answering

I dawn my mask.

Never will see me crying;

For my smile

Is undying.