Can You?

Can you hide your sorrow and bury it deep inside?
Can you throw up that synthetic smile and keep it oh so wide?
Can you stand there bold, holding yourself tall?
Can you keep your strength when all you want to do is fall?
Can you force yourself thru each miserable painful day?
Can you control yourself to not think in such a selfish way?
Can you take what matters most and fight to keep it whole?
Can you do it day by day and stand by it as your role?
Can you never let that voice convince you that you're wrong?
Can you be there when you're needed and help them to be strong?
Can you push them towards their goals, the things that bring them bliss?
Can you do it even if its against YOUR wish?
Can you truly fight the demons that clutch onto your soul?
Can you be the one to pay such horrid toll?
Can you?