A Smile

a smile
that's
what she
was told
to wear

just put on
a smile
and everything
will be
better
happy
solved

but how
could
she smile
and how
could she
laugh
when her
whole world
was lying
shattered
into oblivion
by her feet

her heart
had been
trampled
stomped
kicked
around
it lay
dead on
the ground
and yet she
keeps going
with a new
love
she's found

but the lie
that she lives
drives
her insane
the hope
that he brings
won't take
away her
pain

she can't
smile and
mean it
she can't
laugh
and
rejoice
she'd brake
down and die
but doesn't
have the
choice

Hear this poem!

Poetry