Smiling Alone
Asif Iftikhar
  
  
[Lord! Give me faith, which gives a man...]  

     The strength to be weak -- [for thine sake]  
                   to see himself  
                        --  his weakness  
              and to accept it -- in front of everyone  

The strength to change, to move on -- against the tide -- all alone  
The strength of demolish -- that which he had built  
                         in many long years  
                         with his own hands  
                         in great pain and with great love  

And the strength to dream -- once again  
The strength to build again  
                    to demolish again  
                      and to dream -- yet again  

The ambition to achieve -- nothing  
The ambition to make the effort  
And the heart to see that -- as achievement  

They courage to lose, and to see that -- as triumph  
The courage to bear -- persecution, banishment  
And the power to take revenge -- by forgiving  
                                                   and loving  
                                                   and giving  

The gift of giving -- himself  
                         without letting anyone know  
                         and of smiling -- alone  
 

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