Here's to the cowards

A poem to address the negative stigma about being afraid in a social place

Here's to he who smiles in the sun
But when the shadows draw nearer,
To hide the features that he bears,
Or when he's all alone without a friend,
His flimsy facade crumbles to dust and
betrays the sinking hole of his heart

Here's to he who hides from the light,
And in darkness succumbs to that
Hatred within. For he knows inside that
Nothing and no-one and nobody
Can harm him more than his own
Hand and heart and thought

Here's to she who cannot bear to
See her own features standing there.
Who cannot look in a mirror to see herself
Because there's always a problem or
Something to fix. Until finally she can only
Fear the love that 'beauty' will bring

Here's to all that stand afraid and
Hide themselves beneath a smile.
Or keep themselves from those they love
Or fear the words they might have said
For the sight of someone smiling anyway
Keeps them going to the next day