A Brave Face

I listen to your silence
and hope it will break
I wonder if this time round
you'll let yourself cry
but you put on
a brave face
and keep it all
bottled
green
like the shirt you wore
on Christmas eve
when you watched him
spin dizzy circles
in another girl's arms
I wish you would stop wishing
underneath your brave smile
and I wonder
if you knew
you had see-through skin
when you tried
so hard
to keep it
bottled in