God Only Knows Poem by RHODVICK LUSENO

Sometimes I walk through life
with a quiet ache no one sees
Smiling when I'm expected to
laughing when my heart is anything but light
They say things
about who I am
who I've been
who I should be
But none of them really know
Not like God does

God only knows
what I've had to carry in silence
the battles I never spoke of
the tears I wiped before anyone could notice
God only knows
the weight behind my words
the nights I couldn't breathe right
the moments I almost gave up
but didn't

They see what's outside
but God?
God sees the bruises no one caused with fists
He hears the cries I buried under laughter
He knows what's killing me
what I'm too tired to explain
what I still can't name

But there's a love
a kind of love that only God can give
It doesn't ask for masks
doesn't shrink when I break
It stays, even when I push it away
It holds me when I can't hold myself

When the world talks
judges, guesses, and moves on
I rest in knowing
that God only knows
And somehow
that's enough