Poker face...

I'm steadfast and I'm quiet,
I listen and observe.
On the surface you don't see my wounds, on the surface I'm not heard.

My strength doesn't lie in things I know, nor things I can explain.
If strength was left for me to find, my search would be in vain.

I've dug deep trenches in my heart,
I've built up walls of stone.
I’ve worn a poker face more times, than anyone would know.

Surreal's become reality, in more ways than I'd wish.
I never imagined way back when, it would all add up to this.

There's lessons in the heartache,
there’s  growth that comes from pain.
I may be playing poker now, but winning's not my aim.

I aim to find the quiet, the peace that once was lost.
Sometimes putting up a fight, is far too high a cost.

I'm steadfast and I'm quiet,
I listen and observe.
I've worked out what this life's about from all that I have learnt.

KT x