Sorrow takes too much work

Smiling takes effort,

when a frown will do just as well

just some way to shape your lips

when most of the time not a single soul will notice

but we still try and put on a show.

Whether I smile or frown, is all a part of the role I play.

Apparently showing the pain or hiding it

shows our judges of character.

And whether I want to roll up in a ball

and hide behind a wall of sheets

is my decision.

It doesn't show that I am weak,

and do not belong here.

Then does smiling show that I am a fool

with no heart

and am just an empty shell without a soul.

Either way I am judged incorrectly.

So I chose to neither smile nor frown.

Both take too much effort,

but still cost the same amount of pain.