Submit your work, meet writers and drop the ads. Become a member
Nov 2017
What is a smile
I wish I knew
I smile so much
I've forgot its meaning

Never do I smile for its true purpose
Because Happiness and joy
They're lost causes

Now when I smile
It has endless meanings

Usually it means
I'm just trying to act normal
Because faking smiles
That's normal

Why
Why were we taught from birth
To hide our feelings
All of them
Joy
Sadness
Anger
Depression

The world doesn't need to know
The world doesn't Want to know

I smile to hide my everything
When I'm mad at the world
And the person I hate most

I smile
When I'm depleted of strength
And struggle to lift myself out of bed

I smile
When I'm completely broken
And I know I can't be fixed

I smile
When I'm happy
And no one will ever know

I smile
Tristan Brown
Written by
Tristan Brown  17/M/Covington, Virginia
(17/M/Covington, Virginia)   
  621
         Mariam, Hedgehog, Rae, Glassmuncher, --- and 5 others
Please log in to view and add comments on poems