The sadness in your eyes

Masking pain with a smile braver than
a bird taking flight through a gale,
you laugh too quickly, yet quietly,
through the tightness of your hug,
I can feel the love emitting defiantly .

Yet looking at your pictures,
I see sadness in your eyes.

A young boy knows that you will banish
those thoughts of pain, and self harm,
even if only for a few stolen moments,
feeling that warmth from your heart.

But as you hug him tightly,
I see sadness in your eyes.

Your husband is aloof with demonic thoughts,
batting away help like a tossed up cricket ball,
Using the duvet as a shield against reality,
hoping that tomorrow has ended before today begins.

Yet as you whisper 'I love you.'
I still see sadness in your eyes.

One day soon, those tears will emerge,
taking a suicidal flight down your swollen cheeks,
you will take a moment to think about yourself,
a weight will fall from a head too heavy.

As those tear drops roll to their doom,
Sadness will hopefully hitch a ride.

***found this on a rival poetry forum that I had joined in 2011. I actually don't like this poem much, but I am going to try and get all my poems that are scattered around the internet into one place.