I admit that this is not one of my better poems. Please do not take this one poem too harshly, but I thought it could kind of be a transition poem from the character being a little girl to growing older and having better writing technique and such.
A Smile
It can be for happy times
Or it can be used as a cover up
For other feeling that you have
And you want to hide them
It can be to hide tears from coming out of your eyes
But not always does it help
Some people find that out,
Some don't
But smiling when it's hard to smile
Isn't fun,
It isn’t fun at all.
I’ve had to use a smile
To hide my bad
Feelings before,
I don’t like it,
It’s not good,
But most of all
It hurts,
It hurts me.
Hiding my feelings with a smile
Hurts me beyond
What anyone else can
Possibly fix,
But it’s okay
As long as I
Play the part
All will be well
And everyone will be happy.
It’s important that
Everyone be happy
Even without me,
I won’t mind
I just want
You all to be
Happy
Even if it means
I am left out
And the only one
That is unhappy.
