that all is well…..

When I saw the familiar face
a need arose within
to say cheer up
it might never happen
I then perceived
it had happened 
had been happening
every day 
for many years.

Poor lost soul 
suffering tribulation
and the anguish that gnaws
at the soul, that is worn
by the face, 
a face
that is beyond
the pretence
that all is well…..