My Fake Smile

My fake smile

I wear it on the town

My fake smile

I wear it, all around

My fake smile

As I sit, dying inside

But my fake smile

It makes me seem alive

Because my fake smile

It’s for you, and not for me

Because my fake smile

Is killing me

But I wear my fake smile

Because it’s all that I know

You can’t see beyond its shimmer

But my inner light grows dimmer

As I wear my fake smile

And it kills me

Though the thing that’s truly scary

Is that past it I can’t see

It blots out all the dark

But dark and light go hand and hand

So from behind it I can’t see,

Your outstretched hand

So I sit here in my thoughts

Where there is neither light nor is there dark

And I practice my fake smile

To fool thee

In hopes that one day my fake smile

Will fool me

Author's Note

The mood struck me to write this when I though of the line, "My Fake Smile." It has not been extensively worked on though I would appreciate any constructive criticism. Please feel free to leave your real honest ratings.

Reviews

[Rachel]

Wow! I really really really felt a sense of connection while reading this beautiful poem. I swear to god I smile majority of the time to conceal my sad feelings. I like to poetry to others this perfect person, I really am indeed am not. I feel like more people want to hide true emotion; to impress others. I feel if we let the rawness of our inner thoughts shine through; the world would be a more real place to live amongst. Really enjoyed this poem! If you get a chance please feel free to try to connect with my own poetry. I feel like i try to express the same emotion you just did!