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Can you see?

Can you see through my false smile?

Can you see the pain

hidden beneath my fake happiness?

Do you see that I'm hurting inside?

But I can't, I won't let it show.

If I do, it makes everything real.

It means that I can't pretend

that it never happened,

I refuse to let it show.

To let anyone see that I'm hurting

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Feb 18, 2012
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