Truth behind a smile

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See that girl?

The one with a big smile plastered in her face

and her head thrown back laughing?

She's really hurting inside

That smile is fake

and so is the laugh

If you look carefully you'll see the broken smile she hides

You lift her sweatshirt sleeves, you'll see the scars; new and old of her taking a blade to her wrists

She's ashamed of it

but she can't stop; it eases the pain in her chest

That girl cries herself to sleep every night

She wishes he still loved her

She's thought of suicide

All she wants is to be wanted and loved

The only person who doesn't see her beauty is the face looking back at her in the mirror

How do I know all this about her?

Well, that girl is me

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