To be or not to be?

"She's always happy",
they chant.
Can't see through the mask,
she feels crappy.
She laughs with you from morning to night,
making you unaware of her plight.
She can't feel the happiness she shows,
she can't change dramatically, she knows.
She needs  to be there for her sad friend.
She needs to be there for her crying sister.
She needs to be able to send
something more than just a whisper.
She needs to be that pillar of strength,
her voice needs to be louder,
she has to increase the wavelength.

She has to be who she is expected to be,
she has to be who everyone wants to see.

-Nalini