Shatter

Tears unshed.
Frustrations unsaid.
Sadness bottled within.

You act tough.
Pretend to be strong.
You let others think you’re upset over something irrelevant.
So they never guess how deep the hurt is.
They never guess what really caused it.
Simply because you are too proud to let yourself be vulnerable to the world.

So you laugh,
And you smile,
And in between, you forget to cry.

And every now and then, it all piles up.
And you shatter.
Like glass.

And you realise no one is coming to rescue you.
So you learn to pick yourself up.
Lick your own wounds.
Put yourself back together.

*Deep breath*
And you stand to face the world again.

Until the next time you shatter.

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~vid~