I think that most of us have felt this way and/or are this way. Plaster that smile on our faces, show the world that everything is just fine with us when inside we are in so much pain and no one sees it. Just that silly plaster smile on our faces. Well done.

Cinda couldn't be more accurate, a good and moral person finds so much dislike within them selves that sometimes it's over powering. I think you penned a perfect piece depicting just that

Hmm..a feeling we all have felt and delt with
at some point in our lives. I can feel the helplessness in this write..take care.

I'm not sure how I missed this poem, brain dead I guess.
Very good poem with much to be enjoyed. Penned with a knowing hand.

Connie

"I can grin and bare;
Hide my empty stare;
Pretend that I care;
But inside I know,
That nothing is there."

This couldn't hurt me more. Very well said. I love your use of Euophoria. The simplicity of you're poem is what makes it so impowering. Well done. Continue to share.

Your poems are always powerfully written and packed with emotion... Think thats why I like them ;) .. I can relate to this one so well!

Thankyou for sharing this with us Ben... and Top marks from me :D

All the best and take care.. Olwin

Very powerful of emotion here...simple but full of meaning..the whole impact is perfect..the flow, the rhyme and the meter of the poem perfectly written..love this piece=)
5/5