Secret Poem by Avinash Nair

Let me offer you a little secret.
It may change nothing.
Perhaps it might change everything.
You may smile and dismiss the thought.
Perhaps you might lend the empathy long sought.
No, I do not need your sympathy!
What I want you is to understand.
If possible, talk to me and reprimand.
I think I should not divulge,
Some things are not meant for one to indulge.
Perhaps I should remain silent and mustn't
Let you into that secret I have always had.

Oh! Leave it! I am tired.
Tired of holding this smile, all this while.
Let me offer you a little secret.
I am almost always sad!
I am almost always on the verge of tears!
I have been in this state for years.
For as long as I remember.
Ah! I can see it in your eyes stir
The doubt, the question and concern.