I laugh, I joke, I wear the mask,
I act so strong, yet break so fast.
You see me whole, but I am weak,
A love unspoken, yet so deep.

I loved you knowing love’s not fair,
A silent wish, a whispered prayer.
But love is cruel—it never stays,
Just lingers long in shadowed days.

A heart once shattered, lost in time,
A love that’s his, yet never mine.
You call me ‘friend,’ and so I’ll be,
A soul that loves yet won’t be free.