See that girl, smiling in the sweater over there?
She’s wasting away and to eat she wouldn’t dare.
And that boy wearing the long sleeves?
His scars will show he’s not as happy as everyone believes.
The smiling girl whose boyfriend kissed her cheek?
He slapped her in the same place just last week.
See that boy, grinning across the way?
He wanted to **** himself yesterday.
That girl with the smile plastered on her face?
She just got kicked out of her parents’ place.
See the man with the crooked smirk?
He’s worrying about his family because he’s still out of work.
That girl that’s laughing by the wall?
She’s hiding bruises big and small.
The boy you think has his life all together?
He might not be okay whatsoever.
A fake smile can hide more than you know.
These people don’t reveal things they don’t want to show.
Very few people can see through the masks they wear
To get a glance of the stories hidden there.
Fake smiles hide the stories they won’t share,
Because they believe no one will care.
For some, fake smiles are abundant and real ones are few.
There’s always more to a person that what you thought you knew.