Find the best financial services for you at: SMARTFINANCESOLUTIONS.NET - This poem is how i have felt for a while but i never thought to put this on the poetry section...? - i am not too depression right now, but i am maddened by may current problems that are leading me slowly to bankruptcy. and i am too self conscious to get help by myself. and i do not want family to worry. one person that read this said it made them cry. i wrote this when all i could think about was the main two lines. and finally i just sat down and wrote this. i am not a poet, i do like writing and i do know how poetry works but i never used it to express myself. br br Why does it have to be, I show no pain no fear? br Why does it have to be, I never shed a tear? br My mom died when I was five, br My dad drank away the pain. br I play games to hide my cries. br I eat food to hide the lies. br Why does it have to be I show no pain no fear? br Why does it have to be I never shed a tear? br I talk to “friends” like nothing is wrong, br Only to hide my sorry song. br I strive for smiles, br When none are my own. br Why does it have to be, I show no pain no fear? br Why does it have to be, I never shed a tear? br Every night I get increasingly sad, br And continuing to think that crying is bad. br I tell everyone that it is not, br I tell them all to cry a lot. br But here I am sad frown, br Like a ghost that died in her wedding gown. br Why does it have to be, I show no pain no fear? br Why does it have to be, I never shed a tear? br I have friends and I have family, br But I want that to be enough so badly. br Everyday I show no pain no fear, br Everyday I never shed a tear. br But everyday I am ashamed and sad, br Because everyday I am lonely.