Can no one see this smile I'm faking, See how, inside, I'm constantly shaking?
These people all claim they know me well,
Yet no one can see through my crumbling shell?

"I'm fine", I whisper, my sadness unknown,
They leave me to deal with this anguish alone.
I've hidden behind this wall most of my life,
I've managed so far, I've dealt with my strife.

Watching as, slowly, my blood leaks away,
It helps to keep life's true horrors at bay.
I pull down my sleeve to cover my hurt,
For approaching footsteps, I'm on the alert.

I guess my pretense is just all too real,
No one has to know of the pain that I feel.
The real me inside, where no one can see,
I can fool everyone else, why can't I fool me?

I have had a bad past. Your poems always hit me deep.

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Gracias

ok so my answer is are you okay

because i do not see an question but i do see me willing to help cause i do know what it's like and how much it hurts

the poem is nice tho it brings a feeling of sorrow and sadness the emotion floods from it showing how the writer is feeling but it shows what the true horror of depression can do to a state of mind and it brings back an feeling i remember a state of mind i fought so hard to escape a mentality that destroyed my body many times  

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would be the answer. hope this .