Though I Laugh Poem by Okim Otu

Though I laugh
I'm not fine
I laugh because men don't cry

The heavy burden in my head
the demons that scared off my sleep
the pain I couldn't share
do not make me cry but laugh


though I laugh
I'm not fine
I laugh because men don't cry

I smile always not that all is well
darkness must'nt cover even at night
because if it does
it will shade the faces that rely on me to glow

so I must keep laughing
to keep the light burning
and the faces shinning

so I laugh
not that I'm fine
I laugh because men don't cry