holding on to pain

How can you hold on to something that is not yours?
How can you even let yourself hope
That by some weird circumstance
The world will flip over and the heavens will
Smile in your favor.

Reining in feelings hasn’t always been
Your strongest point, but
Accepting hurt and suffering in silence is
You’d rather take the pain than let others
Know you are being torn apart

Praying, wishing and hoping that one day
The powers that be will look at you and say
You deserve to be happy with someone
Who will be your inspiration, your strength
And your reason to smile

Until that day comes, keep your heart in check
Keep your feelings behind locked gates
Especially if the fates throw you in an arena
Where your heart is doomed to suffer
no matter what the outcome is.

Let go no matter how much it hurts
Even if holding on makes you happy
Even if holding on makes you feel complete
For holding on to something that should not be yours
Can only ultimately lead to one thing: pain.