Smiles

What some peoples can mean like mine

Outside I'm smiling

but the truth is I feel like I'm dying on the inside 

I try to scream but it's like no one can hear me 

no one sees the real me all they see is the smile 

the smile of a person who is broken 

a smile that can seem so bright but is so fake

the smile of a person who's lost so much 

but yet she has to be so strong

It's okay to cry on the inside but not on the outside

to cry for help makes us look weak 

if we cry because of the pain they laugh 

It's okay to cry because were in pain and our smiles don't show it

It's okay to be weak and cry 

it's not weak or badass to cry 

but our smiles means that we are okay even when we're not okay 

Author's Note

I hope you enjoy reading this and I hope if you are like me and you have a fake smile come find me so we can talk about.

Reviews

[beauitifulybroken]

Very relatable, the world likes to accept what is simple, what is pretty. Once things get harder to understand and darker it's shunned. A smile can certainly convey sadness if you look in the eyes of the person smiling.