One Tear
One tear slides down a slanted cheek
A silver line, the only sign
Of anguish which she does not speak
Insistent smiles, bright by design
Thin fortitude, her whitewashed shrine
Gilded answers rain, lily meek
She lies and says that she is fine
When truth is too fearsome to seek
2/1/20
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