She wakes up
Does her hair
Puts on her uniform

And smiles

She dabs makeup
On her gentle eyelids
Dropping like butterflies to her lids.

And smiles in the mirror

She puts up her hair
And ties up her shoes
Finally steps out the door

And smiles at her reflection in the windshield

When she gets there
She smiles at coworkers
And fills herself a glass of water

And smiles in the water

As the night goes on
She refills coffee cups
She takes orders

And still smiles

She drinks her water
She brings out food
She deals with rude customers

And still she smiles

They don't know
She's hurting underneath it all
So they criticize and hurt her more

She yet smiles

One person
Comes back every week
Just to see her

And makes her smile for real

So when the next week
She doesn't show up to work
He wonders where she is

Is she smiling?

Little does he know
That she had enough
She went to see the Lord

And now she smiles for real.