The Entertainer

The Entertainer

As the crowd cheered him on
he stepped into the limelight.
Little did they realize that;
his emotions, he had to fight .

That he spoke with a heavy heart,
the crowd did not know.
That his life was torn apart,
the showman did not show.

He smiled and made laugh
for, an entertainer was he.
He forgot about life's scoff,
made the crowd cheer in glee

They knew naught of his distraught,
nor of his woes.
The dramatists mask, did he wear.
How? Nobody knows .

Scorned by the one he loved.
Love's labor’s lost?
Stifled a tear did he,
he knew what it'd cost.

The comedian bowed
and waved goodbye,
The crowd, he wowed
but his heart, did cry.