Pretending that I feel fine <br />A smile covers despair <br />Sadness is easily hidden <br />No one would be aware <br /> <br />I go off into a quiet place <br />When I am feeling low <br />There I shall cry for hours <br />No one would ever know <br /> <br />Its easy masking sorrow <br />If I keep it out of sight <br />Weeping tears in silence <br />As I hug my pillow tight <br /> <br />Only my pillow will know <br />Tears I cried over you <br />Heartache is never heard <br />When hidden from view <br /> <br />Those tears on my pillow <br />Shall be shed silently <br />Yearning goes unnoticed <br />Its hurt you cannot see<br /><br />Falusi Mobolaji<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tears-on-my-pillow-3/