Behind The Mask

Hold back the tears to procrastinate your cries,
remember your fears for tomorrow who dies.

Wipe the sadness from your face, shield the sorrow in your eyes.
Endure; embrace the pain, help them believe the lies.

Force a laugh to escape the dry throat that has no will.
Ignore the tight knot in your stomach that makes you anxiously Ill.

Engage your eyes in conversation to act as if you truly care.
So long as no one knows your thoughts are wandering elsewhere.

Replace the depressing frown with a glassy smile to ensure a happy appeal;
And that deathly glare to a joyful gleam, so the synthetic emotion can only seal.

Evaporate all the sadness within to allow no weakness to beam,
Seize your uncontrollable emotions so then soon your mask shall redeem.