The Double Agent


The patient ones are those who tend to love the most

Because they would choose to be a sucker

Just to see their relationships grow in light

Possibly a skill they’ve been able to develop over time

Based on their past relationship experiences

As a control mechanism


Most times, they say to themselves

“It’s not worth my energy, I refuse to be stressed”

So they tend to be in agreement by silence

With the other party's opinion

 Just to let the sleeping dog lie


They’ll rather choose to bottle up, contained like a wine

When they could react to it and have peace of mind

Instead, they’ll choose to get heated up within

Which is the real stress in every “ally” you can think of

Rather than gush forth like a blocked fountain


They tend to smile a lot, a perfect tactic to hide their true feelings

While saying to the few concerned people in their circle

Who cares enough to ask about their well-being, “I’m very fine”

They can be likened to the double-face agent


But to be honest, it’s not like they derive joy in it, at least not all

Just that, it’s their own self-developed coping mechanism

To be a “sacrificial lamb” when need be

Just to bring peace to the table


But my greatest concern is when they reach a certain threshold

Where the elastic can no longer be stretched, and they start reacting out

At this point, they no longer spring up like fountains, they erupt like a volcano


Oh! Grace be with you if you’re so unlucky to witness that

Do well not to judge them by it

Because, that heavy outpour you just witnessed

Was a piled-up, and well-compressed emotion

That was 'managed to be hidden' for the sake of peace