Poem

The Unseen Struggle

How Hard Is It to Hide the Smile That Won’t Stay Hidden?

Nabila Asif Life Lesson Writer
3 min readAug 19, 2024
Photo by Elijah Hiett on Unsplash

How difficult it is.

A smile to hide the sadness of your face
There’s a bitterness hidden in the colours of life. 
The taste of which only the heart feels. 
A smile on my face, a pain in my heart, 
How hard it’s to Hide the smile on your face. 
When dreams come crashing down, 
When the lights of hope begin to shine, 
When there’s no heartbeat, 
When it’s raining, pain 
When the smoke of uncertainty in every direction,
When one becomes one’s own
How hard it’s to Hide the smile on your face. 
Every morning is like a new battle.
Every moment is a test.
describing the state of the hear.
The pain of love, the pain of separation,
With every breath, there is a burden on the heart.
lost in search of self.
How hard it’s to Hide the smile on your face. 
When the words of the world strike the heart like an arrow,
When they sprinkle salt on their wounds,
When you feel like your existence is over.

When the heart is overwhelmed by the weight of memories,
When the words of the past haunt the heart,
When you’re looking for happiness, you find sadness.
How hard it’s to Hide the smile on your face. 
A smile that always came from the heart,
Today, it is forced on the lips.
This pain, this loneliness.
How hard it’s to Hide the smile on your face. 
Lie to yourself at every moment.
Happiness in front of the world,
to hide the truth from themselves.
The light of the life, the light of the world,
It’s all temporary; it’s all fake. 
to understand the reality,
How hard it’s to Hide the smile on your face. 
how hard it’s When there is something else in the heart,
Your face says something else.
how hard it’s When it comes to the heart,
hidden behind the face.
In the journey of life, 
When there is a new test at every turn,
Every step there’s a new wound. 
But this is what the world wants. 
to hide our sorrows. 
Put your pain in your heart. 
and put a smile on your face. 
how hard it’s to do all of this, 
But maybe that’s the way of life. 
to live in it,
It’s there to die,
How hard it’s to Hide the smile on your face. 
This smile, which gives a message of happiness to the world,
How much it hurts our hearts.
No one knows that.
How hard it’s to Hide the smile on your face.
The struggle of life, 
It’s a storm inside. 
the burden of pain, 
to endure it all, 
But nevertheless, 
We’re smiling, 
We’re going to live, 
Because we have to live. 
Because we have to die. 
How hard it’s to Hide the smile on your face. 
When there are tears in the eyes, 
and a smile on his lips, 
When there’s something else in your heart, 
Your face says something else. 
This is the reality of life, 
This is the principle of life.

That’s the truth of life. 
That’s the color of the world. 
We’ve got to live, 
We have to smile. 
Even if there are millions of hearts,

Whether there is pain in the heart, 
How hard it’s to Hide the smile on your face…

This poem describes the pain hidden behind the face, which every human feels at some time or the other. No matter how difficult the circumstances, the journey of life goes on, and the sorrow hidden behind the smile has to be endured.

Photo by Roman Akhmerov on Unsplash

Thank you so much for reading my poem.

NABILA ASIF LIFE LESSON WRITER.

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Nabila Asif Life Lesson Writer

As a creative writer, I publish amazing stories. I am a seeker of knowledge, writer, reader and thinker.✍️