A poem about the hidden struggles we hide behind our smiles, expressing the loneliness of unspoken pain and the quiet strength needed to keep going when others don’t see our inner storms.

# The Storm Behind My Smile #

There were years

when I carried entire storms

behind a simple smile.

No one heard the thunder.

No one saw

the broken branches

scattered across my heart.

I became skilled

at saying,

“I’m fine,”

while quietly gathering

the pieces of myself

from places

where life had shattered them.

Pain sat beside me,

uninvited but faithful,

waiting for the silence

to tell its story.

A story of my journey.

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