This Mask I Wear

I enjoy making others happy.

Feeling important is essential for humans. I make them feel important, I believe 

they matter ... but on the inside... 

    On the inside I'm broken, bruised and in pain... 

     I hide these tears for months until one day I am in complete darkness...

     Longing to be whole or at least normal... 

     Wishing that this pain would someday magically disappear... 

          Yet I keep going and pushing, my pride is too big to give up

               ... although somedays I want to. 

           Having to hide my sadness from those I care about 

                 they don't even know I'm hurting. 

The mask I wear of an emotionally sane person.