Like a pendulum, so it swings

There are times
When all the sunsets in the world
Could not make me smile.

There are days
When all the kind words of a friend
Could not drown the loneliness.

There are moments
I want to be alone
Keeping to myself.

And I would force a smile
So no one would suspect a thing.

But it is often at such times
I realise how weak I truly am;
How emotionally fragile.

And I often sigh:
For I am not mature enough;
Clearly.