Fake a Smile

Why sit down and cry aloud?

Seek attention as you please?

Feel the pain build up inside,

The volcano erupting for them to see?

For these are times to last a while.

Fake a smile.

.

How could I relieve my truth

If one judges, compares nonstop?

Curl the corners, show the teeth,

Dim the tears to stay atop.

Plan the laughter, single file.

Fake a smile.

.

Have I taken things too far

Practicing tactics to conceal?

This secular world is not aware

When I wear crescents curved too real.

This crescent cradles with style

With nothing but fake smiles.

.

Would heroes save a life like mine?

Do damsels look alike to me?

Can a shadow, can a voice

Hitch me back on my two feet?

I’m a stinkin’ trash pile,

But still,

Fake a smile.

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