In Arabic that goes with your piece...it says
"Laugh and the world shall laugh with you, cry, then you cry alone"
But you should know that in Neopoet's community you're never alone.
Stay safe

that's a better translation of the proverb.
Thank you

Good poem, lovedly. My mother always recited that to me, so that to this day I find it difficult to cry...not good, I'm afraid. Ella Wilcox also defended animals and disabled people, I like this strophe:

I am the voice of the voiceless;
Through me the dumb shall speak,
Till the deaf world’s ear be made to hear
The wrongs of the wordless weak.

I think you could tweak a few words from your poem, or make the lines longer so as to shorten its length. Enjoyed.