You don't need to smile
To say to the world it's fine.
Don't listen to words like:
'That curve sets things right'
Hoping on people online
May not have been the best.
Those who became close
Faded as soon as they came.
Ones there since long
Pushed you into corners.
Out of sight it was,
Turned out into out of mind.
At least some were honest,
Accepted priorities changed.
It's for you to realize
Goalposts have indeed moved.
Ones near, not so dear
Took offence to casual words.
Labelled you thankless
Maybe they were right.
There was no acceptance
Nor recognition of presence.
Those condescending souls
Never saw you as their own.
You need to stand fort
And not let apathy triumph.
They will remember you
Once they need something.
Then they shall forget
Of all things they forgot.
Let this bitter thought
Be nailed into your brain.
Years down the lane
The day you breathe last.
Only that day would matter
Not one you breathed the first.
