I wear a smile some days <br />to hide what I feel inside, <br />especially when I remember <br />of the days when friends were few. <br />Remembering all the loneliness <br />I used to bottle up inside <br />and how at the end of the days <br />when I would slip away to my room <br />and sit down and cry. <br />Though those days are gone now, <br />at times their memories <br />still come to trouble me <br />and I often wonder <br />if they will ever let me be. <br />Today is so different <br />with my friends around the world. <br />They make me feel <br />I am someone very special, <br />but I keep asking myself why. <br />The answer is lost to me <br />like the desert barren of rain. <br />I know not why it has happened, <br />nor how long will it last. <br />Only that I will enjoy it <br />for as long as I can.<br /><br />David Harris<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/as-long-as-i-can/
