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Smile?
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I've always been told to just smile
When I'm upset,
Because then people won't see
All of the pain that I feel;
You wouldn't want to burden them
With the feelings that will
Disappear in a few days.
If I'm supposed to smile
When I'm upset,
Then what do I do
When I'm actually happy?
Should I just smile then, too?
If I do that,
How will people know
Whether I'm truly happy or just faking?
Will they just assume that
I am happy,
Or will some of them realize
That I don't always tell them the truth?
With just a smile,
Perhaps, at least one of them
Will be able to see
That I've been smiling more and more lately
For all of the wrong reasons.
When I'm upset,
Because then people won't see
All of the pain that I feel;
You wouldn't want to burden them
With the feelings that will
Disappear in a few days.
If I'm supposed to smile
When I'm upset,
Then what do I do
When I'm actually happy?
Should I just smile then, too?
If I do that,
How will people know
Whether I'm truly happy or just faking?
Will they just assume that
I am happy,
Or will some of them realize
That I don't always tell them the truth?
With just a smile,
Perhaps, at least one of them
Will be able to see
That I've been smiling more and more lately
For all of the wrong reasons.
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I know the feeling, I seem to have my famous fake smile perfected...and it goes on every morning.
Great poem : ]
Great poem : ]