Tough Cookie
Being seen
With poker face
Mistaken
As who does not give a damn
Cool and distant
Unfriendly aura
On the way
With people's stares and whispers
That she is a bad person
That is funny
Why judge
They do not know about her
Alone her name
Little they know
About the experiences and traumas
Mould her this way
No strength to make facial expression
With little energy
Left in her
Only use
This remaining will of hers
To live and face on
It is precious thing
She will keep at all costs
With friends she trusts
And faith she holds to believe
Those who love her
A rare privilege
Seeing her real self
Wild mind
Innocently gives love back
More than she does to herself
Because she feels safe
Knowing there is nothing
That will bring her down
© Sue Sanzz 2020
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